Novokuznetsky District
Новокузнецкий район
District
The Bolshoy Tesh River valley in Novokuznetsky District
The Bolshoy Tesh River valley in Novokuznetsky District
Flag of Novokuznetsky District
Flag
Coat of arms of Novokuznetsky District
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Novokuznetsky District in Kemerovo Oblast
Coordinates: 53°45′N 87°07′E / 53.750°N 87.117°E / 53.750; 87.117
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKemerovo Oblast[1]
Established4 September 1924Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerNovokuznetsk[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total13,039.5989 km2 (5,034.6173 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total50,681
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
50,210 (−0.9%)
 • Density3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions6 rural territorie
 • Inhabited localities[1]134 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asNovokuznetsky Municipal District[5]
 • Municipal divisions[5]0 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+7 (MSK+4 Edit this on Wikidata[6])
OKTMO ID32619000
Websitehttp://admnkr.ru
Population of Novokuznetsky District
2010 Census50,681[3]
2002 Census50,812[7]
1989 Census39,436[8]
1979 Census44,532[9]

Novokuznetsky District (Russian: Новокузне́цкий райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Novokuznetsky Municipal District.[5] It is located in the center of the oblast and spans it from border to border in the southwest-northeast direction. The area of the district is 13,039.5989 square kilometers (5,034.6173 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the city of Novokuznetsk (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 50,681.[3]

History

On March 19, 2007 a massive methane explosion ripped through the Ulyanovskaya mine in Novokuznetsky District killing over a hundred people. The mine was the largest coal producing center in Kemerovo Oblast. It is the deadliest mining accident in recent history.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Novokuznetsky District is one of the nineteen in the oblast.[1] The city of Novokuznetsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Novokuznetsky Municipal District.[5] Novokuznetsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated separately from the district as Novokuznetsky Urban Okrug.[5]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Law #215-OZ
  2. ^ a b "Statistics on the Municipal Formations of Kemerovo Oblast" (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e Law #104-OZ
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ 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).
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.

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