Smirnykhovsky District
Смирныховский район | |
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Coordinates: 49°45′N 142°50′E / 49.750°N 142.833°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 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 11,891 (−9.5%) |
• Density | 1.3/km2 (3.3/sq mi) |
• Urban | 56.3% |
• Rural | 43.7% |
Administrative structure | |
• Inhabited localities | 1 Urban-type settlements[5], 13 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Smirnykhovsky Urban Okrug[6] |
Time zone | UTC+11 (MSK+8 [7]) |
OKTMO ID | 64746000 |
Website | http://www.smirnyh.ru |
2010 Census | 13,142[3] |
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2002 Census | 15,063[8] |
1989 Census | 21,583[9] |
1979 Census | 20,691[10] |
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.[6] 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]
The district was established on January 16, 1965 from parts of the territory of Poronaysky District.[2]