Plastovsky District
Пластовский район
District
Museum in Plast, Plastovsky District
Museum in Plast, Plastovsky District
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Location of Plastovsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast
Coordinates: 54°22′N 60°49′E / 54.367°N 60.817°E / 54.367; 60.817
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChelyabinsk Oblast[1]
Established3 November 1923Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerPlast[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total1,751.76 km2 (676.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total8,624
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
25,509 (+195.8%)
 • Density4.9/km2 (13/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Towns, 4 Selsoviets
 • Inhabited localities[1]1 cities/towns, 19 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asPlastovsky Municipal District[1]
 • Municipal divisions[1]1 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata[5])
OKTMO ID75648000
Websitehttp://www.plastrayon.ru/

Plastovsky District (Russian: Пластовский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.[1] It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,751.76 square kilometers (676.36 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Plast.[1] Population (excluding the administrative center): 8,624 (2010 Census).[3]

Geography

Plastovsky District is located in the center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, in the transition zone between the forest-steppe of the Ural Mountains, 50 km to the west, and the steppe to the east. Average elevation is 200-250 meters, rising to 420 meters in the southwest. There is a large pine forest reserve (Sanarsky Zakaznick) in the south of the district.[6] Underlying rock is granite, with occasional slate and limestone.

Plastovsky District is 80 km southwest of the city of Chelyabinsk, and 1,400 km southeast of Moscow. The area measures 35 km (north-south), and 40 km (west-east); total area is 1,751 km2 (about 2.0% of Chelyabinsk Oblast). The administrative center is the town of Plast.[2]

The district is bordered on the north by Chebarkulsky District, on the east by Uvelsky District, on the south by Troitsky District, and on the west by Uysky District.

History

Gold-bearing sands and veins of the area were first worked in 1845, with the opening of the Kochkarskoye gold fields. Gold has been the main industry of Plast throughout the history of the district, with other mineral businesses based on silver, kyanite, kaolin, and granite building stone.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Resolution #161
  2. ^ a b c "General Information" (in Russian). Plastovsky District. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ "Sanarskiy Bor" (in Russian). Tourist Portal of Chelyabinsk Region. Retrieved January 21, 2017.

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