Blagoveshchensky District, Altai Krai

Blagoveshchensky District
Благовещенский район (Russian)

Location of Blagoveshchensky District in Altai Krai

Kulundinsky Irrigation Canal near the selo of Glyaden in Blagoveshchensky District
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Altai Krai[1]
Administrative structure (as of October 2012)
Administrative center work settlement of Blagoveshchenka[1]
Administrative divisions:[1]
Settlement administrations 2
Selsoviets 10
Inhabited localities:[1]
Urban-type settlements[2] 2
Rural localities 28
Municipal structure (as of July 2012)
Municipally incorporated as Blagoveshchensky Municipal District[3]
Municipal divisions:[3]
Urban settlements 2
Rural settlements 10
Statistics
Area 3,700 km2 (1,400 sq mi)[4]
Population (2010 Census) 30,783 inhabitants[5]
• Urban 59.4%
• Rural 40.6%
Density 8.32/km2 (21.5/sq mi)[6]
Time zone KRAT (UTC+07:00)[7]
Official website
Blagoveshchensky District on WikiCommons

Blagoveshchensky District (Russian: Благове́щенский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the west of the krai. The area of the district is 3,700 square kilometers (1,400 sq mi).[4] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Blagoveshchenka.[1] Population: 30,783 (2010 Census);[5] 34,878 (2002 Census);[8] 44,849 (1989 Census).[9] The population of Blagoveshchenka accounts for 37.8% of the district's total population.[5]

Geography

Blagoveshchensky District is located in the northwest of Altai Krai, on flat terrain of the Kulundra Steppe of the West Siberian Plain. Much of the western border of the district is the shore of Lake Kulundinskoye. There are over 20 bitter-salty and freshwater lakes in the district. Lake Kuchukskogo, the second largest lake, has mineral salts and medicinal muds. The Kulunda River flows in a wide, waterlogged plain from east to west across the north of the district, before emptying into Lake Kulundinskoye. The soils are brown soils and southern black soils, with large deposits of clay, gravel, and sand. Agriculture is supported on rectangular plots, covering 68.3% of the district.[4]

Blagoveshchensky District is 210 km west of the regional city of Barnaul, and 2,650 km east of Moscow. The area measures 55 km (north-south), and 85 km (west-east); total area is 3,700 km2 (about 2% of Altai Krai). The administrative center is the town of Blagoveshchenka.[4]

The district is bordered on the north by Suyetsky District, on the northeast by Bayevsky District, on the east by Zavyalovsky District, on the south by Rodinsky District, and on the west by Kulundinsky District.

Steppe landscape

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Law #28-ZS
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 3 Law #16-ZS
  4. 1 2 3 4 "General Information". Official District Website. Blagoveshchensky District. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 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.
  6. ↑ 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 is only approximate 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.
  7. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 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 #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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.

Sources

Coordinates: 52°50′N 79°52′E / 52.833°N 79.867°E / 52.833; 79.867

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