Akshinsky District
Акшинский район
District
Akshinsky Nature Reserve
Akshinsky Nature Reserve
Map
Location of Akshinsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai
Coordinates: 50°18′N 113°08′E / 50.300°N 113.133°E / 50.300; 113.133
CountryRussia
Federal subjectZabaykalsky Krai[1]
EstablishedMarch 4, 1926[1]
Administrative centerAksha[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total7,400 km2 (2,900 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total10,682
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
9,064 (−15.1%)
 • Density1.4/km2 (3.7/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Inhabited localities[1]15 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asAkshinsky Municipal District[5]
 • Municipal divisions[6]0 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+9 (MSK+6 Edit this on Wikidata[7])
OKTMO ID76603000
Websitehttp://xn--80aa3a8c.xn--80aaaac8algcbgbck3fl0q.xn--p1ai/

Akshinsky District (Russian: Акшинский район) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the south of the krai and borders with Ononsky, Ulyotovsky, and Kyrinsky Districts of Zabaykalsky Krai, as well as with Mongolia. The area of the district is 7,400 square kilometers (2,900 sq mi).[2] Administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Aksha.[1] Population: 10,682 (2010 Census);[3] 12,080 (2002 Census);[8] 14,695 (1989 Census).[9] The population of Aksha accounts for 36.9% of the district's total population.[3]

Geography

The Onon River flows through the district.

History

The district was established on March 4, 1926.[1]

Economy

The district's landscape is suitable for agriculture. The mineral resources of the district include gold, uranium, precious stones, and timber.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities
  2. ^ a b "Akshinsky District, Encyclopedia of Trans-Baikal" (in Russian). Transbaikal State University. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Law #316-ZZK
  6. ^ Law #317-ZZK
  7. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  9. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

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