Sakhalin Oblast

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]

Sakhalin Oblast
Oblast
Сахалинская область
Banner Coat airms
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 [4]
• 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/

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.

Sister relations

• Hokkaido, Japan