Belgorodsky District
Белгородский район
District
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Coat of arms of Belgorodsky District
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Location of Belgorodsky District in Belgorod Oblast
Coordinates: 50°36′N 36°36′E / 50.600°N 36.600°E / 50.600; 36.600
CountryRussia
Federal subjectBelgorod Oblast[1]
Established30 July 1928Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerMaysky[2]
Area
[3]
 • Total1,472 km2 (568 sq mi)
Population
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
119,135
 • Urban
31.2%
 • Rural
68.8%
Administrative structure
 • Inhabited localities[5]3 Urban-type settlements[6], 83 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asBelgorodsky Municipal District[7]
 • Municipal divisions[7]3 urban settlements, 21 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[8])
OKTMO ID14610000
Websitehttp://www.belrn.ru/

Belgorodsky District (Russian: Белгоро́дский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Russia.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Belgorodsky Municipal District.[7] It is located in the southwest of the oblast, on the border with Ukraine. The area of the district is 1,472 square kilometers (568 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Maysky.[2] Population: 191,744 (2021 Census);[9] 108,778 (2010 Census);[10] 90,430 (2002 Census);[11] 68,870 (1989 Census).[12] The population of Maysky accounts for 7.4% of the district's total population.[9]

Geography

Belgorodsky District is in the southwestern part of Belgorod Oblast and surrounds the city of Belgorod. The district is bordered on the west by Borisovsky District, on the north by Yakovlevsky District and Korochansky District, on the east by Shebekinsky District, and on the south by Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. The Ukrainian city of Kharkiv is 25 kilometres (16 mi) away to the south. The administrative center of the district is the town of Maysky,[13] which is 16 kilometers south-west of central Belgorod.

The terrain is hilly plain averaging 200 metres (660 ft) above sea level; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The major river through the district is the Donets, which flows south to through eastern Ukraine to the Don river. Belogorye Nature Reserve, one of Russia's oldest "zapovedniks" (strict nature reserves), is located in Belgorodsky District.

References

  1. ^ a b Law #248
  2. ^ a b Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 14 210», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 14 210, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  3. ^ a b "Belgorodsly" (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service, Russian Federation. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  4. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  5. ^ Resolution #P/21-21-4
  6. ^ The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  7. ^ a b c Law #159
  8. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  9. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 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).
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "General Information" (in Russian). Belgorodsky District. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2016.

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Rural localities in Belgorodsky District
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