Beryozovsky District, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

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Coordinates: 61°19′N 63°20′E / 61.317, 63.333

Coat of arms of Beryozovsky District
Coat of arms of Beryozovsky District

Beryozovsky District (Russian: Берёзовский райо́н) is one of nine districts (raions) of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located in the north-western part of the okrug, on the left bank of meridional part of the Ob River within the limits of North Sosva altitudes and the east slope of the North and Pre-Polar Ural. Its administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Beryozovo. District's population: 27,400 (2006 est.);[citation needed] 27,170 (2002 Census);[1] 28,256 (1989 Census).[2] Area: 880 square kilometers (339.8 sq mi).

The district borders the Komi Republic in the west and Shuryshkarsky District of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in the north.

[edit] Demographics

The population is multinational, with prevalence of Russian, Ukrainian, and Tatar ethnicities. The district is a place of dense habitation of the Mansi people (est. 6,117 people). Indigenous people (Khanty, Mansi, and Nenets) make up approximately 25% of the district's population.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). 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) (Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  2. ^ 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.) (Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics (1989). Retrieved on 2007-12-13.