Azovsky District

Not to be confused with Azovsky Nemetsky National District.
Azovsky District
Азовский район (Russian)

Location of Azovsky District in Rostov Oblast
Coordinates: 47°06′N 39°25′E / 47.100°N 39.417°E / 47.100; 39.417Coordinates: 47°06′N 39°25′E / 47.100°N 39.417°E / 47.100; 39.417
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Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Rostov Oblast[1]
Administrative structure (as of July 2012)
Administrative center town of Azov[1]
Administrative divisions:[1]
rural settlement 18
Inhabited localities:[1]
Rural localities 99
Municipal structure (as of December 2004)
Municipally incorporated as Azovsky Municipal District[2]
Municipal divisions:[2]
Urban settlements 0
Rural settlements 18
Statistics
Area 2,966 km2 (1,145 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 93,579 inhabitants[3]
 Urban 0%
 Rural 100%
Density 31.55/km2 (81.7/sq mi)[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
Official website
Azovsky District on WikiCommons

Azovsky District (Russian: Азо́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,966 square kilometers (1,145 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Azov (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 93,579 (2010 Census);[3] 92,568(2002 Census);[6] 83,393(1989 Census).[7]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Azovsky District is one of the forty-three in the oblast.[1] The town of Azov serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Azovsky Municipal District.[2] Azov Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.<ref name="ref name="RostovOAzov_mun">Law #234-ZS</ref>

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Law #340-ZS
  2. 1 2 3 4 Law #239-ZS
  3. 1 2 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  5. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. 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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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