Ketchenerovsky District
Кетченеровский район
District
Other transcription(s)
 • KalmykКөтчнрә район
Ketchenery, Ketchenerovsky District
Ketchenery, Ketchenerovsky District
Map
Location of Ketchenerovsky District in the Republic of Kalmykia
Coordinates: 47°18′N 44°31′E / 47.300°N 44.517°E / 47.300; 44.517
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Kalmykia[1]
Established1938[1]
Administrative centerKetchenery[1]
Area
[1]
 • Total6,547.91 km2 (2,528.16 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total10,622
 • Estimate 
(2018)[3]
9,580 (−9.8%)
 • Density1.6/km2 (4.2/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions9 Rural administrations
 • Inhabited localities[1]22 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asKetchenerovsky Municipal District[4]
 • Municipal divisions[4]0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
OKTMO ID85625000
Websitehttp://ketrmork.ru/struktura-i-funkcii.html
Population of Ketchenerovsky District
2010 Census10,622[2]
2002 Census11,049[6]
1989 Census15,263[7]
1979 Census14,867[8]

Ketchenerovsky District (Russian: Кетчене́ровский райо́н; Kalmyk: Көтчнрә район, Kötçnrä rayon) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the republic. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Ketchenery.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 10,622, with the population of Ketchenery accounting for 36.8% of that number.[2]

Geography

The district is located in the northwest of Kalmykia, in the area of the Yergeni hills.[9] The area of the district is 6,547.91 square kilometers (2,528.16 sq mi).[1]

History

The district was established in 1938.[1] Until 1990, it was called Priozyorny District (Приозёрный район; Kalmyk: Приозёрн район, Priozërn rajon).[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ketchenerovsky District is one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia.[1] The district is divided into nine rural administrations which comprise twenty-two rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ketchenerovsky Municipal District.[4] Its nine rural administrations are incorporated as nine rural settlements within the municipal district.[4] The settlement of Ketchenery serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[4] district.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Decree #137
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Law #308-IV-Z
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ 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).
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.
  9. ^ Google Earth

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