Smirnykhovsky District (russian: Смирныхо́вский райо́н) is an administrative district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
) 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 Russian ...
,
Russia
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; one of the
seventeen in the
oblast
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.
[Law #25-ZO] Municipally, it is incorporated as Smirnykhovsky Urban Okrug.
[Law #524] It is located in the central part of the
Island of Sakhalin. The area of the district is . Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
) of
Smirnykh
Smirnykh (russian: Смирных) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Smirnykhovsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located in the central part of the Sakhalin Island. Population:
History
Du ...
.
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
Poronaysky District (russian: Порона́йский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast.Law #25-ZO As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Poronaysky Urban O ...
.
[Official website of Smirnykhovsky Urban Okrug](_blank)
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Districts of Sakhalin Oblast
States and territories established in 1965
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