Poronaysky District
Poronaysky District
Поронайский район | |
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Poronaysky Nature Reserve, Poronaysky District | |
Location of Poronaysky District in Sakhalin Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 49°13′N 143°07′E / 49.217°N 143.117°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakhalin Oblast |
| Administrative center | Poronaysk |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,280.2 km2 (2,810.9 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 7,811 |
| • Density | 1.1/km2 (2.8/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 28.7% |
| • Rural | 71.3% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements, 11 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Poronaysky Urban Okrug |
| Time zone | UTC+11 (MSK+8 ) |
| OKTMO ID | 64740000 |
| Website | https://sakhalin.gov.ru/?id=226 |
Poronaysky District (Russian: Порона́йский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Poronaysky Urban Okrug. It is located in the eastern central part of the Island of Sakhalin. The area of the district is 7,280.2 square kilometers (2,810.9 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Poronaysk. Population (excluding the administrative center): 21,686 (2010 Census); 10,857 (2002 Census); 17,977 (1989 Soviet census).