Altaysky District
Алтайский район
District
Devil Mountain, Aya Reserve, Altaysky District
Devil Mountain, Aya Reserve, Altaysky District
Map
Location of Altaysky District in Altai Krai
Coordinates: 51°56′N 85°19′E / 51.933°N 85.317°E / 51.933; 85.317
CountryRussia
Federal subjectAltai Krai[1]
Administrative centerAltayskoye[1]
Government
 • TypeLocal government
 • LeaderVictor Tyryshkin[2]
Area
[3]
 • Total3,490 km2 (1,350 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[4]
 • Total25,645
 • Estimate 
(2018)[5]
25,886 (+0.9%)
 • Density7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions10 selsoviet
 • Inhabited localities[1]25 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asAltaysky Municipal District[6]
 • Municipal divisions[6]0 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+7 (MSK+4 Edit this on Wikidata[7])
OKTMO ID01602000
Websitehttp://altadm.ru/

Altaysky District (Russian: Алта́йский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai. The area of the district is 3,400 square kilometers (1,300 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Altayskoye.[1] Population: 25,645 (2010 Census);[4] 26,984 (2002 Census);[8] 26,287 (1989 Census).[9] The population of Altayskoye accounts for 53.5% of the district's total population.[4]

Geography

Altaysky District is located in the southeast of Altay Krai, on the border with the Altai Republic. The area is on the transitional piedmont between the forest steppe of the West Siberian Plain to the west and the Altai Mountains to the southeast. The Katun River runs south to north along the eastern border of the district, about 100 km upstream from where the Katun meets the Ob River. Altaysky District is 150 km southeast of the regional city of Barnaul, and 3,050 km east of Moscow. The area measures 75 km (north-south), and 75 km (west-east); total area is 3,490 km2 (about 2% of Altai Krai). The administrative center is the town of Altayskoye in the north-center of the district.[3]

The district is bordered on the northwest by Smolensky District, Altai Krai, on the northeast by Sovetsky District, Altai Krai, on the east by Mayminsky District of Altai Republic, and on the southwest by Soloneshensky District.

History

The first small settlement of Russians occurred with the founding of Lower Kayancha in 1796. The other main villages were settled shortly thereafter (between 1802 and 1806).[3] In the early 1900s, the royal court advanced funds to build a horse-drawn carriage road from Biysk south through the district to Mongolia; this road became the Chuysky Highway. Altai District was formally founded on May 27, 1924.

Economy

The district's economy centers on agriculture, primarily livestock and the related forage crops. The flat plains of the district support grain and sunflower crops, and there is a fish-cultivation center. In recent years, tourism has become more of a focus, with over 10,000 visitors in recent summers drawn by the summer camps and a new tourist-recreational area called "Turquoise Katun".[3]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #28-ZS
  2. ^ "После затяжного конфликта в Алтайском районе избрали главу". tolknews.ru (in Russian). March 1, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e "General Information". Official District Website. Altaysky District. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c Law #84-ZS
  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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