Okha

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Okha (Russian: Оха́) is a town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. Population: 29,000 (2003 est.); 27,963 (2002 Census). It is the center of a petroleum industry (an oil pipeline and gas main Okha–Komsomolsk-on-Amur). The name comes from the local dialect and means 'bad water'.


Coat of arms of Sakhalin Oblast Cities and towns in Sakhalin Oblast Flag of Russia
Administrative center: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky | Aniva | Dolinsk | Kholmsk | Korsakov | Kurilsk | Makarov | Nevelsk | Okha | Poronaysk | Severo-Kurilsk | Shakhtyorsk | Tomari | Uglegorsk

Coordinates: 53°35′N 142°56′E