Ministry of Investment Policy of the Sakhalin Region

The Sakhalin Region is a rich region with significant reserves of oil, gas, and coal.

The wide use of land, water, mineral, biological and recreational resources available in the region makes it possible to meet the basic needs of the regional economy and population, maintain the required level of exports to the regions of Russia and the states of the Far and Near Abroad.

The favorable geographical position of the Sakhalin Region creates prospects for the development of foreign economic activity in the Asia-Pacific region. The presence of maritime borders and proximity to the markets of Southeast Asia and the United States determines the possibility of attracting foreign investment and increasing export potential.

The economy of the Sakhalin Region has been developing dynamically in recent years.
The main macroeconomic indicators continue to grow.

All elements of the transport and production infrastructure are developed in the region: air, rail, sea (including ferry), road, pipeline transport. There are year-round seaports.

Competitive advantages

• Mineral resource potential
• Favorable geopolitical location
• Developed transport infrastructure

Geographic location and natural resources

The Sakhalin Region is located in the Far East of the Russian Federation, off the eastern coast of the Eurasian continent in the transition zone from the continent to the Pacific Ocean. It borders on the Kamchatka, Khabarovsk and Primorsky Territories, in the south - on Japan.

The Sakhalin Region is the only island region in the country, located on 87 islands, and including Sakhalin Island with the adjacent territories of the islands of Ush, Zenkovich, Moneron, Tyuleniy and two ridges of the Kuril Islands (Big and Small). The total area of ​​the Sakhalin Region is 87.1 thousand square meters. km.

The main climate-forming factor on Sakhalin is the surrounding Sea of ​​Okhotsk and the Sea of ​​Japan. Their influence is expressed in the mitigation of winter cold, especially in coastal areas, in the abundance of winter precipitation, which makes the island one of the most snowy regions of Russia, in the monsoonal nature of winds and very high humidity.

Administrative-territorial division

Within the existing borders, the Sakhalin Region was formed on January 02, 1947

The administrative center is the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Municipalities of the region

1. City district "Aleksandrovsk Sakhalin district"
2. "Aniva urban district"
3. City district "Dolinsky"
4. "Korsakov City District"
5. "Kuril urban district"
6. "Makarovsky urban district"
7. "Nevelsky city district"
8. "City District Nogliksky"
9. City district "Ohinsky"
10. Poronai city district
11. Severo-Kuril urban district
12. City district "Smirnykhovsky"
13. "Tomarinsky urban district"
14. "Tymovsky urban district"
15. Uglegorsky urban district
16. "Kholmsky urban district"
17. "South Kuril City District"
18. Urban district "City of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk"

Currently, there are 18 municipalities in the Sakhalin Region.

According to the law of the Sakhalin Region dated July 21, 2004 No. 524 "On the borders and status of municipalities in the Sakhalin Region", all 18 municipalities of the region are endowed with the status of "urban district"