Borisovsky District

Borisovsky District
Борисовский район (Russian)

Location of Borisovsky District in Belgorod Oblast
Coordinates: 50°36′15″N 36°00′56″E / 50.60417°N 36.01556°E / 50.60417; 36.01556Coordinates: 50°36′15″N 36°00′56″E / 50.60417°N 36.01556°E / 50.60417; 36.01556

Scene in Belogorye Nature Reserve, in Borisovsky District
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Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Belgorod Oblast[1]
Administrative structure (as of October 2013)
Administrative center settlement of Borisovka[2]
Inhabited localities:[3]
Urban-type settlements[4] 1
Rural localities 33
Municipal structure (as of May 2013)
Municipally incorporated as Borisovsky Municipal District[5]
Municipal divisions:[5]
Urban settlements 1
Rural settlements 9
Statistics
Area 650.30 km2 (251.08 sq mi)[6]
Population (2010 Census) 26,252 inhabitants[7]
• Urban 52.9%
• Rural 47.1%
Population (2015 est.) 25,638 inhabitants
Density 40.37/km2 (104.6/sq mi)[8]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[9]
Official website
Borisovsky District on WikiCommons

Borisovsky District (Russian: Бори́совский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Borisovsky Municipal District.[5] It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 650.3 square kilometers (251.1 sq mi).[6] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a settlement) of Borisovka.[2] Population: 26,252 (2010 Census);[7] 26,282 (2002 Census);[10] 52,261 (1989 Census).[11] The population of Borisovka accounts for 52.9% of the district's total population.[7]

Geography

Borisovsky District sits southwestern region of Belgorod Oblast, on the border with Ukraine. It is bordered on the south by Zolochiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine, on the west by Grayvoronsky District, on the north by Rakityansky District, and on the east by Yakovlevsky District and Belgorodsky District. The administrative center of the district is the town of Borisovka, Belgorod Oblast.[12] The district is 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of the city of Belgorod, and is 45 kilometres (28 mi) north of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

The terrain is hilly plain averaging 200 metres (660 ft) above sea level; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The major river through the district is the Vorskla River, which flows east to west through the district, with grey soils to the north of the river and black earth soils to the south of the river. The forest of the Vorskla River is partially protected by Belogorye Nature Reserve.

References

  1. 1 2 Law #248
  2. 1 2 Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 14 210», в ред. изменения №275/2015 от 1 сентября 2015 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division . Code 14 210, as amended by the Amendment #275/2015 of September 1, 2015. ).
  3. ↑ Resolution #P/21-21-4
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. 1 2 3 Law #159
  6. 1 2 "General Information" (in Russian). Borisovsky District. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  7. 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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.).
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ "General Information" (in Russian). Borisovsky District. Retrieved August 31, 2016.

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