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| Administrative status (as of December 2011) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sakhalin Oblast |
| Administrative district | Poronaysky District |
| Administrative center of | Poronaysky District |
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| Urban okrug | Poronaysky Urban Okrug |
| Administrative center of | Poronaysky Urban Okrug |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 16,120 inhabitants |
| Time zone | MAGT (UTC+11:00) |
| Founded | 1869 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 42431 |
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Poronaysk (Russian: Порона́йск; Japanese: 敷香, Shisuka; Ainu: Sistukari or Sisi Tukari) is a town and the administrative center of Poronaysky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the Poronay River 288 kilometers (179 mi) north of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Population: 16,120 (2010 Census);17,954 (2002 Census);25,971 (1989 Census).
It was founded in 1869 as a Russian outpost Tikhmenevsky near the Nivkh and Ainu settlements in the area. The Treaty of Portsmouth transferred it to Japanese control along with the rest of the southern half of the island of Sakhalin. It was renamed Shikuka (敷香?), remaining under Japanese control until the Soviet Army retook the whole of the island in 1945.
After the town had been granted to the Soviet Union, it was named Poronaysk in 1946, after the river on which it stands. The river's name is from Ainu poro nay, meaning Broad River, Big River, or Growing River.
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