Galichsky District
Галичский район | |
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Coordinates: 58°23′N 42°21′E / 58.383°N 42.350°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kostroma Oblast[1] |
Established | 8 October 1928 |
Administrative center | Galich[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,870 km2 (1,110 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 8,738 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 7,360 (−15.8%) |
• Density | 3.0/km2 (7.9/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 5 Settlements |
• Inhabited localities[5] | 299 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Galichsky Municipal District[6] |
• Municipal divisions[6] | 0 urban settlements, 5 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [7]) |
OKTMO ID | 34608000 |
Website | http://gal-mr.ru/ |
Galichsky District (Russian: Га́личский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,870 square kilometers (1,110 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Galich (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 6,661 (2021 Census);[8] 8,738 (2010 Census);[3] 11,503 (2002 Census);[9] 13,792 (1989 Census).[10]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Galichsky District is one of the twenty-four in the oblast.[1] The town of Galich serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Galichsky Municipal District.[6] The town of oblast significance of Galich is incorporated separately from the district as Galich Urban Okrug.[6]