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Tymovsky District

Tymovsky District
Тымовский район (Russian)
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Location of Tymovsky District in Sakhalin Oblast
Coordinates: 50°51′01″N 142°39′36″E / 50.85028°N 142.66000°E / 50.85028; 142.66000Coordinates: 50°51′01″N 142°39′36″E / 50.85028°N 142.66000°E / 50.85028; 142.66000
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Palevo Railway Station, Tymovsky District
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Coat of arms
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Sakhalin Oblast
Administrative structure (as of December 2011)
Administrative center urban-type settlement of Tymovskoye
Inhabited localities:
Urban-type settlements 1
Rural localities 24
Municipal structure (as of July 2012)
Municipally incorporated as Tymovsky Urban Okrug
Statistics
Area 6,312.7 km2 (2,437.3 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 16,212 inhabitants
• Urban 48.5%
• Rural 51.5%
Density 2.57/km2 (6.7/sq mi)
Time zone MAGT (UTC+11:00)
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Tymovsky District (Russian: Ты́мовский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast.Municipally, it is incorporated as Tymovsky Urban Okrug. It is located in the center of the Island of Sakhalin. The area of the district is 6,312.7 square kilometers (2,437.3 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Tymovskoye. Population: 16,212 (2010 Census);19,099 (2002 Census);25,774 (1989 Census). The population of Tymovskoye accounts for 48.5% of the district's total population.

The Tym River passes through the district in a roughly south-north direction.


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