Makarovsky District

Makarovsky District (Мака́ровский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast. Municipally, it is incorporated as Makarovsky Urban Okrug. It is located in the southeast of the Island of Sakhalin. The area of the district is 2148.4 km2. Its administrative center is the town of Makarov. Population: The population of Makarov accounts for 78.2% of the district's total population.