Dmitrovsky District
Дмитровский район
District
Kikino, Dmitrovsky District
Kikino, Dmitrovsky District
Flag of Dmitrovsky District
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Coat of arms of Dmitrovsky District
Coat of arms
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Location of Dmitrovsky District in Moscow Oblast (before July 2012)
Coordinates: 56°21′N 37°32′E / 56.350°N 37.533°E / 56.350; 37.533
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMoscow Oblast[1]
Established12 July 1929Edit this on Wikidata[2]
Administrative centerDmitrov[1]
Area
[3]
 • Total2,182.02 km2 (842.48 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[4]
 • Total151,448
 • Estimate 
(2018)[5]
165,081 (+9%)
 • Density69/km2 (180/sq mi)
 • Urban
62.6%
 • Rural
37.4%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions2 Towns, 3 Work settlements, 6 Rural settlements
 • Inhabited localities[6]2 cities/towns, 3 Urban-type settlements[7], 396 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asDmitrovsky Municipal District[3]
 • Municipal divisions[3]5 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[8])
OKTMO ID46715000
Websitehttp://www.dmitrov-reg.ru/

Dmitrovsky District (Russian: Дми́тровский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast and borders with Tver Oblast in the northwest, Klinsky District in the west, Solnechnogorsky District in the southwest, Taldomsky District in the north, Sergiyevo-Posadsky District in the east, Pushkinsky District in the southeast, and with Mytishchinsky District in the south. The area of the district is 2,182.02 square kilometers (842.48 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Dmitrov.[1] Population: 151,448 (2010 Census);[4] 149,793 (2002 Census);[9] 92,080 (1989 Census).[10] The population of Dmitrov accounts for 40.5% of the district's total population.[4]

Geography

The district stretches for 70 kilometers (43 mi) from north to south and for approximately 40 kilometers (25 mi) from east to west. The district is hilly in the south, while the northern portion is mostly flat. The highest point is 273 meters (896 ft) above sea level and the lowest point is 113 meters (371 ft).

The major river flowing through the district include the Sestra, the Volgusha, the Dubna river and the Yakot. Moscow Canal which connects the Moskva River with the Volga River runs through the district.

History

2013 psychiatric hospital fire

On the morning of April 26, 2013, a fire swept through Psychiatric Hospital #14 in the settlement of Ramensky, killing thirty-eight people.[11]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Law #11/2013-OZ
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  3. ^ a b c d e Law #74/2005-OZ
  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. ^ Resolution #123-PG
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  9. ^ 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).
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Elder, Miriam (April 26, 2013). "Moscow hospital fire turns spotlight on Russia's terrible safety record". The Guardian. London. Retrieved April 26, 2013.

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