Kholmsky District, Sakhalin Oblast

Kholmsky District
Холмский район
Kholmsky District
Location of Kholmsky District in Sakhalin Oblast
Coordinates: 47°03′N 142°03′E / 47.050°N 142.050°E / 47.050; 142.050
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakhalin Oblast
Established15 June 1946
Administrative centerKholmsk
Area
  Total
2,279 km2 (880 sq mi)
Population
  Total
10,988
  Density4.8/km2 (12/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Inhabited localities1 cities/towns, 23 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asKholmsky Urban Okrug
Time zoneUTC+11 (MSK+8 )
OKTMO ID64754000
Websitehttp://admkholmsk.ru/

Kholmsky District (Russian: Хо́лмский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kholmsky Urban Okrug. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,279 square kilometers (880 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kholmsk. Population (excluding the administrative center): 10,988(2010 Census); 14,672(2002 Census); 20,498(1989 Soviet census).