Poronaysky District

Poronaysky District
Поронайский район
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 / 49.217; 143.117
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakhalin Oblast
Administrative centerPoronaysk
Area
  Total
7,280.2 km2 (2,810.9 sq mi)
Population
  Total
7,811
  Density1.1/km2 (2.8/sq mi)
  Urban
28.7%
  Rural
71.3%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions1 Urban-type settlements
  Inhabited localities1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements, 11 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asPoronaysky Urban Okrug
Time zoneUTC+11 (MSK+8 )
OKTMO ID64740000
Websitehttps://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).