Smirnykhovsky District
District in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
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Smirnykhovsky District (Russian: Смирныхо́вский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Smirnykhovsky Urban Okrug.[5] It is located in the central part of the Island of Sakhalin. The area of the district is 10,457.43 square kilometers (4,037.64 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Smirnykh.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 13,142, with the population of Smirnykh accounting for 56.3% of that number.[3]
Smirnykhovsky District
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Railway in Smirnykhovsky District | |
![]() Location of Smirnykhovsky District in Sakhalin Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 49°45′N 142°50′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakhalin Oblast[1] |
| Established | January 16, 1965[2] |
| Administrative center | Smirnykh[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,457.43 km2 (4,037.64 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 13,142 |
| • Density | 1.2567/km2 (3.2549/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 56.3% |
| • Rural | 43.7% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 urban-type settlements[4], 13 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Smirnykhovsky Urban Okrug[5] |
| Time zone | UTC+11 (MSK+8 |
| OKTMO ID | 64746000 |
| Website | http://www.smirnyh.ru |
| 2010 Census | 13,142[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 15,063[7] |
| 1989 Census | 21,583[8] |
| 1979 Census | 20,691[9] |
History
The district was established on January 16, 1965 from parts of the territory of Poronaysky District.[2]
