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Also known as Karafuto, Kuye, Sakhalin Island, Saghalien, Saghalien I., Saghalien Island, Sakhalin I., Saghalien Is.

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Sakhalin is a large Russian island in Northeast Asia located between Russia's Khabarovsk Krai to the north and Japan's Hokkaido to the south, serving as a geographical divide between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan. The island, which is Russia's largest by area and home to roughly 500,000 people, is significant as a region with rich indigenous heritage and strategic location in the West Pacific.

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Islands.name: Sakhalin
Islands.image: Sakhalin (detail).PNG
Islands.image_map: Sakhalin (orthographic projection).svg
Islands.map: Russia
Islands.map_caption: The island of Sakhalin (in green) on a globe
Islands.native_name: Сахалин
Islands.native_name_lang: ru
Islands.native_name_link: Russian language
Islands.location: Russian Far East, Northern Pacific Ocean
Islands.area_km2: 72492
Islands.rank: 23rd
Islands.highest_mount: Mount Lopatin
Islands.elevation_m: 1609
Islands.country: Russia
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title: Federal subject
Islands.country_admin_divisions: Sakhalin Oblast
Islands.country_largest_city: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Islands.country_largest_city_population: 174,203

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Instance of: executive branch
Country: Soviet Union
Located in: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Oblast
Continent: Asia
Capital: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Population: 673100
Area: 72492
Elevation: 1609
Time zone: UTC+11:00
Image: Sea of Okhotsk map ZI-2b.PNG
Width: 160
Length: 950
Significant event: Treaty of Portsmouth

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Commons category: Sakhalin
topic's main category: Category:Sakhalin
native label: Сахалин
different from: Sakhalin
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