Okhotsky District

This article is about the region in Russia. For the region in Japan, see Okhotsk Subprefecture.

Okhotsky District (Russian: Охо́тский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[6] district (raion), one of the seventeen in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the north of the krai. The area of the district is 158,517.8 square kilometers (61,204.1 sq mi).^{[citation needed]} Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Okhotsk.^[2] Population: 8,197 (2010 Census);^[4] 12,017 (2002 Census);^[10] 19,183 (1989 Soviet census).^[11] The population of Okhotsk accounts for 51.4% of the district's total population.^[4]

Okhotsky District Охотский район
District
Village Aeroport, Okhotsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Okhotsky District in Khabarovsk Krai
Coordinates: 60°N 142°E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Khabarovsk Krai[1]
Established	4 January 1926
Administrative center	Okhotsk[2]
Area [3]
• Total	158,517.8 km2 (61,204.1 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	8,197
• Density	0.052/km2 (0.13/sq mi)
• Urban	51.4%
• Rural	48.6%
Administrative structure
• Inhabited localities[1]	1 urban-type settlements[5], 13 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Okhotsky Municipal District[6]
• Municipal divisions[7][8]	1 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+10 (MSK+7 [9])
OKTMO ID	08634000
Website	http://www.admohotsk.ru/

Geography

Located along the northwestern coast of the Sea of Okhotsk, it is the northernmost district of Khabarovsk Krai. The main rivers are the Yudoma, Maya and Allakh-Yun of the Lena basin, the Inya, Ulbeya, Okhota, Kukhtuy, Urak and Ulya with their mouths in the Sea of Okhotsk, and the Kullu, a tributary of the Kolyma of the East Siberian Sea basin.^[12][13]

Demographics

Ethnic composition (2021):^[14]

• Russians – 78.2%
• Evens – 11.5%
• Evenks – 4.5%
• Koreans – 1.1%
• Yakuts – 1.0%
• Others – 3.7%