Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District

Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District
Петровск-Забайкальский район (Russian)

Location of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai
Coordinates: 50°59′N 109°03′E / 50.983°N 109.050°E / 50.983; 109.050Coordinates: 50°59′N 109°03′E / 50.983°N 109.050°E / 50.983; 109.050

Train at Petrovsky Zavod railway station in the town of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Zabaykalsky Krai[1]
Administrative structure (as of January 2014)
Administrative center town of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky[1]
Inhabited localities:[1]
Cities/towns 1
Urban-type settlements[2] 3
Rural localities 22
Municipal structure (as of October 2014)
Municipally incorporated as Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky Municipal District[3]
Municipal divisions:[4]
Urban settlements 3
Rural settlements 10
Also municipally incorporated as Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky Urban Okrug[3]
Statistics
Area 8,700 km2 (3,400 sq mi)[5]
Population (2010 Census) 37,900 inhabitants[6]
 Urban 74.0%
 Rural 26.0%
Density 4.36/km2 (11.3/sq mi)[7]
Time zone YAKT (UTC+09:00)[8]
Established January 4, 1926[1][5]
Official website
Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District on WikiCommons
Population of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District
2010 Census 37,900[6]
2002 Census 21,110[9]
1989 Census 24,657[10]
1979 Census 25,757[11]

Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District (Russian: Петро́вск-Забайка́льский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia.[1] It is located in the southwest of the krai, and borders Khiloksky District in the east, Krasnochikoysky District in the south, and the Republic of Buryatia in the west and north. The area of the district is 8,700 square kilometers (3,400 sq mi).[5] Its administrative center is the town of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 37,900, with the population of the administrative center accounting for 48.9% of that number.[6]

History

The district was established on January 4, 1926.[1]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District is one of the thirty-one in the krai.[1] The town of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky serves as its administrative center.[1]

As a municipal division, the territory of the district is split between two municipal formations—Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky Municipal District,[3] to which three urban-type settlements and twenty-two of the administrative district's rural localities belong,[12] and Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky Urban Okrug,[3] which covers the rest of the administrative district's territory, including the town of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky.[13]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities
  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 4 Law #316-ZZK
  4. Law #317-ZZK
  5. 1 2 3 "Encyclopedia of Zabaykalsky Krai. Entry on Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District" (in Russian). Transbaikal State University. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.).
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России. (All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia.)". Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года (All-Union Population Census of 1979) (in Russian). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1979. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  12. The Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities lists one town, three urban-type settlements, and twenty-two rural localities in Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District. Three urban-type settlements and twenty-two rural localities are listed as a part of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky Municipal District in Law #317-ZZK.
  13. The Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities lists one town, three urban-type settlements, and twenty-two rural localities in Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District. The town of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky is listed as a part of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky Urban Okrug in Law #316-ZZK.

Sources

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