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Sakhalin

Location N Pacific Ocean, between Sea of Okhotsk and Sea of Japan
Latitude and longitude  50 00 N, 142 50 E
Sovereignty Russian Federation
Political status notes Region (Oblast) of the Russian Federation; known in Japaneses as Karafuto
Population  631,800
Census notes 1997
Land area in square kilometers 72,493
Capital  Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Fundamental legal document(s) online
Ustav Sakhalinskoi oblasti (Russian) (Charter of the Sakhalin Region) 

Sources and other useful websites
Department of Russian and Eurasian Studies, from the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Regional Government of Sakhalin (Russian)
United Nations System-Wide Earthwatch Island Directory
Sakhalin and the Kuriles
Sakhalin Regional Duma (Legislature) (Russian) (official site)
Welcome to Sakhalin

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