Pospelikhinsky District (Russian: Поспе́лихинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of the krai. The area of the district is 2,423 square kilometers (936 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Pospelikha.[1] Population: 24,788 (2010 Russian census);[3] 28,065 (2002 Census);[7] 28,560 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Pospelikha accounts for 50.4% of the district's total population.[3]
Pospelikhinsky District
Поспелихинский район | |
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 Pospelikhinsky District Administration building | |
 Location of Pospelikhinsky District in Altai Krai | |
| Coordinates: 51°59′N 81°50′E / 51.983°N 81.833°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Altai Krai[1] |
| Established | 1924 |
| Administrative center | Pospelikha[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,423 km2 (936 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 24,788 |
| • Estimate (2018)[4] | 23,140 (−6.6%) |
| • Density | 10/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 11 selsoviet |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 24 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Pospelikhinsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 01634000 |
| Website | http://pos-admin.ru/ |
Geography edit
Pospelikhinsky District is located in the center of Altai Krai. The terrain is forest-steppe, with relatively flat terrain. Agriculture is supported, as the soils are in places loamy black earth, podzolic, and sandy. The main river through the district is the Aley River, a tributary of the Ob River, which meanders from southwest to northeast through the district. Parallel to the river on the northern edge of the floodplain is Russian federal highway A322 (Barnaul - Rubtsovsk).
Pospelikhinsky District is 175 km southwest of the regional city of Barnaul, 80 km northeast of the border with Kazakhstan, and 2,800_ km east-southeast of Moscow. The area measures 75 km (north-south), and 60 km (west-east); total area is 2,423 km2 (about 1.4% of Altai Krai Oblast). The administrative center is the town of Pospelhika.[2]
The district is bordered on the north by Novichikhinsky District, on the east by Shipunovsky District, on the south by Kuryinsky District, and on the west by Rubtsovsky District.
References edit
Notes edit
- ^ a b c d e Law #28-ZS
- ^ a b c "General Information" (in Russian). Pospelikhinsky District. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ a b c Law #49-ZS
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 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).
- ^ 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.
Sources edit
- Алтайский краевой Совет народных депутатов. Закон №28-ЗС от 1 марта 2008 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Алтайского края», в ред. Закона №16-ЗС от 4 апреля 2017 г. «О присоединении станции Железнодорожная Казарма 572 км к посёлку Октябрьскому Октябрьского сельсовета Кулундинского района Алтайского края и внесении изменений в отдельные законы Алтайского края». Вступил в силу 8 марта 2008 г. Опубликован: "Алтайская правда", №67, 8 марта 2008 г. (Altai Krai Council of People's Deputies. Law #28-ZS of March 1, 2008 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Altai Krai, as amended by the Law #16-ZS of April 4, 2017 On Merging the Station of Zheleznodorozhnaya Kazarma 572 km into the Settlement of Oktyabrsky in Oktyabrsky Selsoviet of Kulundinsky District of Altai Krai and on Amending Various Laws of Altai Krai. Effective as of March 8, 2008.).
- Алтайский краевой Совет народных депутатов. Закон №49-ЗС от 14 июня 2007 г. «О статусе и границах муниципальных и административно-территориальных образований Поспелихинского района Алтайского края», в ред. Закона №55-ЗС от 5 июля 2012 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные Законы Алтайского края в связи с преобразованием муниципальных и административно-территориальных образований». Вступил в силу через 10 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Алтайская правда", №186–187 (без приложений), 28 июня 2007 г. (Altai Krai Council of People's Deputies. Law #49-ZS of June 14, 2007 On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal and the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Pospelikhinsky District of Altai Krai, as amended by the Law #55-ZS of July 5, 2012 On Amending Various Laws of Altai Krai Due to the Transformation of the Municipal and Administrative-Territorial Formations. Effective as of after 10 days after the day of the official publication.).