Okha
Okha is a city and important oil hub on the northern tip of Sakhalin island in the Russian Far East. Ancestors of the 23,000 people living here named the town Okha, with their usual pragmatism: it derived from an indigenous word for bad water, to which the town owes its existence.- City with about 19,900 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (100 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code OHH
- Description: human settlement in Okhinsky District, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
- Address: Охинский городской округ, 694490
- Postal code: 694490
- Also known as“Okha, Russia”“Okhe”
Notable Memorials
Discover Воинам-охинцам, павшим в годы Великой Отечественной войны and Памятник В.И. Ленину.
Воинам-охинцам, павшим в годы Великой Отечественной войны
Воинам-охинцам, павшим в годы Великой Отечественной войны is a memorial.
Okha
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Latitude
53.5892° or 53° 35′ 21″ north
Longitude
142.9497° or 142° 56′ 59″ east
Open location code
9R54HWQX+MV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = city
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Okha” goes by many names.
أوخاArabic
OxaAzerbaijani
ОхаBashkir
OkhaBasque
АхаBelarusian
ОхаBulgarian
OkhàCatalan
OkhaCebuano
ОхаChechen
ΟχάGreek
אוחהHebrew
OhaHungarian
OkhaIndonesian
Okha, RusiaIndonesian
OchaItalian
オハJapanese
ОхаKirghiz
오하Korean
OhaLatvian
OkhaMin Nan Chinese
Okha (Lō͘-se-a)Min Nan Chinese
OkhaNorwegian
OkhaNorwegian Bokmål
OkhaNorwegian Nynorsk
Okha i RusslandNorwegian Nynorsk
ОхаOssetian
اوخاPersian
اوخا، روسیهPersian
OchaPolish
OhaRomanian
OkhaTagalog
Okha, RusyaTagalog
OxaTalysh
ОхаTatar
OhaTurkish
Oha, SahalinTurkish
ОхаUkrainian
OchaUpper Sorbian
اوخا، روسUrdu
OhVeps
Oh (lidn)Veps
OkhaVietnamese
OkhaWaray (Philippines)
Okha, RusyaWaray (Philippines)
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