Poronaysky District
District in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
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Poronaysky District (Russian: Порона́йский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Poronaysky Urban Okrug.[6] It is located in the eastern central part of the Island of Sakhalin. The area of the district is 7,280.2 square kilometers (2,810.9 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Poronaysk.[1] Population (excluding the administrative center): 21,686 (2010 census);[3] 10,857 (2002 census);[8] 17,977 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
Poronaysky District
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Poronaysky Nature Reserve, Poronaysky District | |
 Flag .svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Poronaysky District in Sakhalin Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 49°13′N 143°07′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakhalin Oblast[1] |
| Administrative center | Poronaysk[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,280.2 km2 (2,810.9 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 7,811 |
| • Density | 1.073/km2 (2.779/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 28.7% |
| • Rural | 71.3% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements[5], 11 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Poronaysky Urban Okrug[6] |
| Time zone | UTC+11 (MSK+8  [7]) |
| OKTMO ID | 64740000 |
| Website | https://sakhalin.gov.ru/?id=226 |
Climate
| Climate data for Cape Patience | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −9.1 (15.6) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−4 (25) |
0.9 (33.6) |
4.0 (39.2) |
8.1 (46.6) |
12.1 (53.8) |
14.8 (58.6) |
13.3 (55.9) |
8.6 (47.5) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
3.1 (37.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.5 (11.3) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
2.0 (35.6) |
5.8 (42.4) |
9.9 (49.8) |
12.3 (54.1) |
11.2 (52.2) |
6.6 (43.9) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
0.8 (33.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14 (7) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
3.5 (38.3) |
7.7 (45.9) |
9.8 (49.6) |
9.0 (48.2) |
4.6 (40.3) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−1.6 (29.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 32.8 (1.29) |
25.7 (1.01) |
29.5 (1.16) |
28.4 (1.12) |
38.9 (1.53) |
32.2 (1.27) |
54.8 (2.16) |
66.6 (2.62) |
76.1 (3.00) |
61.1 (2.41) |
49.6 (1.95) |
38.9 (1.53) |
534.6 (21.05) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.6 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 8.3 | 83 |
| Source: Météo climat stats[10] | |||||||||||||