Poronaysky District (russian: Порона́йский райо́н) is an administrative district (

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) of

Sakhalin Oblast Sakhalin Oblast ( rus, Сахали́нская о́бласть, r=Sakhalínskaya óblast', p=səxɐˈlʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) comprising the island of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands in the Rus ...

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; one of the seventeen in the

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.Law #25-ZO As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Poronaysky Urban Okrug.Law #524 It is located in the eastern central part of the Island of Sakhalin. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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