Rakityansky District
Ракитянский район | |
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Coordinates: 50°50′N 35°49′E / 50.833°N 35.817°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Belgorod Oblast[1] |
Established | 30 July 1928 |
Administrative center | Rakitnoye[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 900.9 km2 (347.8 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 33,935 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 34,615 (+2%) |
• Density | 38/km2 (98/sq mi) |
• Urban | 55.8% |
• Rural | 44.2% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 2 Settlement okrugs, 13 Rural okrugs |
• Inhabited localities[2] | 2 Urban-type settlements[6], 60 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Rakityansky Municipal District[7] |
• Municipal divisions[7] | 2 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [8]) |
OKTMO ID | 14648000 |
Website | http://www.rakitnoeadm.ru/ |
Rakityansky District (Russian: Ракитя́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Rakityansky Municipal District.[7] It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 900.9 square kilometers (347.8 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Rakitnoye.[2] Population: 33,284 (2021 Census);[9] 33,935 (2010 Census);[4] 35,031 (2002 Census);[10] 49,580 (1989 Census).[11] The population of Rakitnoye accounts for 30.2% of the district's total population.[9]