Sakhalin
large Russian island in the North Pacific Ocean
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Summary
Sakhalin is an island[1]. Sakhalin ranks in the top 0.25% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,320 views/month, #18 of 7,296).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Sakhalin Oblast[3]
- Country: Russia[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Sea of Japan[5], North Pacific Ocean[6]
- Continent: Asia[7]
- Instance of: executive branch[8]
- Capital: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk[9]
- Part of: islands of Sakhalin Oblast[10]
- Commons category: Sakhalin[11]
- Significant event: Treaty of Saint Petersburg[12], Treaty of Portsmouth[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sakhalin[14]
- Population: 673,100[15]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica[19], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[21], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Norsk Haandlexikon[23]
- Native label: Сахалин[24]
- Different from: Sakhalin[25]
- Length: 950 km[26]
- Elevation above sea level: 1609 m[27]
- Area: 72,492 km²[28]
- Width: 160 km[29]
- History of topic: history of Sakhalin[30]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[31]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Sakhalin[32]
- P14541: bmPb5[33]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Sakhalin include Cicindela sachalinensis[34], a taxon[35].
Why It Matters
Sakhalin has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Sakhalin is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]
Entities named for Sakhalin include Cicindela sachalinensis[34], a taxon[35].