Okhinsky District

Okhinsky District
Охинский район
Okha city hall, Okhinsky District
Location of Okhinsky District in Sakhalin Oblast
Coordinates: 53°35′N 142°56′E / 53.583°N 142.933°E / 53.583; 142.933
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakhalin Oblast
EstablishedMay 12, 1925
Administrative centerOkha
Area
  Total
14,816 km2 (5,720 sq mi)
Population
  Estimate 
(2017/1/1)
22,913
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Inhabited localities1 cities/towns, 10 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asOkhinsky Urban Okrug
Time zoneUTC+11 (MSK+8 )
OKTMO ID64736000
Websitehttp://www.adm-okha.ru/

Okhinsky District (Russian: Охи́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast. Municipally, it is incorporated as Okhinsky Urban Okrug. It is located in the north of the Island of Sakhalin. The area of the district is 14,815.87 square kilometers (5,720.44 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Okha. Population (excluding the administrative center): 22,847(2010 Census); 25,526(2002 Census); 18,612(1989 Soviet census).