Okha, Russia

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Coordinates: 53°35′N 142°56′E / 53.583, 142.933

Okha (Russian: Оха́) is a town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. Population: 29,000 (2003 est.); 27,963 (2002 Census); 36,104 (1989 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'.

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Cities and towns in Sakhalin Oblast
Administrative center: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
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