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Sakhalin Oblast
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Sakhalin Oblast (Roushie: Сахали́нская о́бласть, Sakhalinskaya oblast) is a federal subject o Roushie (an oblast) comprisin the island o Sakhalin an the Kuril Islands. The oblast haes an aurie o 87,100 square kilometer (33,600 sq mi). Its administrative center an the lairgest ceety is Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Population: 497,973 (2010 Census).[5]
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Sakhalin Oblast | |
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Сахалинская область | |
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Coordinates: 50°33′N 142°36′E | |
Kintra | Roushie |
Federal destrict | Far Eastren[1] |
Economic region | Far Eastren[2] |
Established | 2 Januar 1947 |
Admeenistrative center | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk |
Govrenment | |
• Bodi | Oblast Duma |
• Govrenor | Alexander Khoroshavin[3] |
Area | |
• Total | 87100 km2 (33,600 sq mi) |
Area rank | 37t |
Population (2010 Census)[5] | |
• Total | 497,973 |
• Estimate (2018)[6] | 490,181 (−1.6%) |
• Rank | 72nt |
• Density | 5.7/km2 (15/sq mi) |
• Urban | 79.7% |
• Rural | 20.3% |
Time zone | UTC+11 ([7]) |
ISO 3166 code | RU-SAK |
License plates | 65 |
OKTMO ID | 64000000 |
Offeecial leids | Roushie[8] |
Website | http://www.adm.sakhalin.ru/ |
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Besides fowk frae ither pairts o the umwhile Soviet Union, the oblast is hame tae Nivkhs an Ainu, wi the latter haein lost thair leid in Sakhalin recently.
Some territories o Sakhalin Oblast (fower islands, the soothren anes o the Kuril airchipelago) are claimit bi Japan.