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Makarovsky District

Makarovsky District
Макаровский район (Russian)
Location of Makarovsky District (Sakhalin Oblast).svg
Location of Makarovsky District in Sakhalin Oblast
Coordinates: 48°37′N 142°47′E / 48.617°N 142.783°E / 48.617; 142.783Coordinates: 48°37′N 142°47′E / 48.617°N 142.783°E / 48.617; 142.783
Хребет Жданко и бухта Тихая.jpg
Zhdanko Ridge, Makarovsky District
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Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakhalin Oblast
Administrative structure (as of December 2011)
Administrative center town of Makarov
Inhabited localities:
Cities/towns 1
Rural localities 10
Municipal structure (as of July 2012)
Municipally incorporated as Makarovsky Urban Okrug
Statistics
Area 2,148.4 km2 (829.5 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 8,579 inhabitants
• Urban 78.2%
• Rural 21.8%
Density 3.99/km2 (10.3/sq mi)
Time zone MAGT (UTC+11:00)
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Makarovsky District (Russian: Мака́ровский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast.Municipally, it is incorporated as Makarovsky Urban Okrug. It is located in the southeast of the Island of Sakhalin. The area of the district is 2,148.4 square kilometers (829.5 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Makarov. Population: 8,579 (2010 Census);9,774 (2002 Census);14,993 (1989 Census). The population of Makarov accounts for 78.2% of the district's total population.


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