Zolotukhinsky District
Золотухинский район
District
Zhernovetskaya cottage, Zolotukhinsky District
Zhernovetskaya cottage, Zolotukhinsky District
Coat of arms of Zolotukhinsky District
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Zolotukhinsky District in Kursk Oblast
Coordinates: 52°04′59″N 36°22′33″E / 52.08306°N 36.37583°E / 52.08306; 36.37583
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKursk Oblast[1]
Established1929Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerZolotukhino[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total1,150 km2 (440 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total22,914
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
21,413 (−6.6%)
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
 • Urban
20.5%
 • Rural
79.5%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Work settlements, 19 Selsoviets
 • Inhabited localities[1]1 Urban-type settlements[5], 136 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asZolotukhinsky Municipal District[6]
 • Municipal divisions[6]1 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[7])
OKTMO ID38612000
Websitehttp://zolotuhinsky.ru/

Zolotukhinsky District (Russian: Золоту́хинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,150 square kilometers (440 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Zolotukhino.[1] Population: 21,151 (2021 Census);[8] 22,914 (2010 Census);[3] 26,800 (2002 Census);[9] 31,564 (1989 Census).[10] The population of Zolotukhino accounts for 21.2% of the district's total population.[8]

Geography

Zolotukhinsky District is located in the north central region of Kursk Oblast, on the border with Oryol Oblast. The terrain is hilly plain; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the Tuskar River, a tributary of the Seym River and part of the Dnieper River Basin. The district is 20 km northeast of the city of Kursk, and 420 km southwest of Moscow. The area measures 44 km (north-south), and 40 km (west-east); total area of 1,150 km2 (3.7% of Kursk Oblast).[2]

The district is bordered on the north by Ponyrovsky District and a portion of Oryol Oblast, on the east by Shchigrovsky District, on the south by Belovsky District, and on the west by Fatezhsky District.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Resolution #489
  2. ^ a b c "General Information" (in Russian). Zolotukhinsky District. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  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. ^ The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  6. ^ a b c Law #48-ZKO
  7. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  9. ^ 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).
  10. ^ 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.

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