Tymovsky District
District in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
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Tymovsky District (Russian: Ты́мовский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Tymovsky Urban Okrug.[5] It is located in the center of the Island of Sakhalin. The area of the district is 6,312.7 square kilometers (2,437.3 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Tymovskoye.[1] Population: 16,212 (2010 census);[3] 19,099 (2002 census);[7] 25,774 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Tymovskoye accounts for 48.5% of the district's total population.[3]
Tymovsky District
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Palevo Railway Station, Tymovsky District | |
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 Location of Tymovsky District in Sakhalin Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 50°51′01″N 142°39′36″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakhalin Oblast[1] |
| Administrative center | Tymovskoye[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,312.7 km2 (2,437.3 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 16,212 |
| • Density | 2.5682/km2 (6.6515/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 48.5% |
| • Rural | 51.5% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 urban-type settlements[4], 24 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Tymovsky Urban Okrug[5] |
| Time zone | UTC+11 (MSK+8  [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 64750000 |
| Website | http://tymovsk.admsakhalin.ru/ |
Geography
The Tym River passes through the district in a roughly south-north direction.