Smirnykhovsky District Explained

En Name:Smirnykhovsky District
Ru Name:Смирныховский район
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Image Caption:Railway in Smirnykhovsky District
Coordinates:49.75°N 192°W
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Federal Subject:Sakhalin Oblast
Adm Data As Of:June 2013
Adm Ctr Type:urban-type settlement
Adm Ctr Name:Smirnykh
No Of Urban-Type Settlements:1
No Of Rural Localities:13
Mun Data As Of:May 2013
Mun Formation1:Smirnykhovsky Urban Okrug
Area Km2:10457.43
Pop 2010Census:13142
Urban Pop 2010Census:56.3%
Rural Pop 2010Census:43.7%
Established Date:January 16, 1965
Website:http://www.smirnyh.ru
Date:December 2012
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Population of Smirnykhovsky District
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:13,142
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:15,063
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:21,583
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:20,691

Smirnykhovsky District (Russian: Смирныхо́вский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Smirnykhovsky Urban Okrug.[2] It is located in the central part of the Island of Sakhalin. The area of the district is 10457.43km2. Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Smirnykh. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 13,142, with the population of Smirnykh accounting for 56.3% of that number.

History

The district was established on January 16, 1965 from parts of the territory of Poronaysky District.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Law #25-ZO
  2. Law #524
  3. http://smirnyh.ru Official website of Smirnykhovsky Urban Okrug