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Tomarinsky District

human settlement in Russia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ1655703 ↗
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Tomarinsky District (Russian: Томари́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast. Municipally, it is incorporated as Tomarinsky Urban Okrug. It is located in the southwest of the Island of Sakhalin. The area of the district is 3,169.3 square kilometers (1,223.7 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Tomari. Population: 9,457 (2010 census); 11,678 (2002 census); 17,823 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Tomari accounts for 48.0% of the district's total population.

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Сахалинская областная Дума. Закон №25-ЗО от 23 марта 2011 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Сахалинской области», в ред.

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