Beryozovsky District, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

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Beryozovsky District
Берёзовский район (Russian)

Location of Beryozovsky District in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Coordinates: 63°56′N 65°03′E / 63.933°N 65.050°E / 63.933; 65.050Coordinates: 63°56′N 65°03′E / 63.933°N 65.050°E / 63.933; 65.050
Coat of arms
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug[1]
Administrative structure (as of November 2012)
Administrative center urban-type settlement of Beryozovo[1]
Inhabited localities:[1]
Urban-type settlements[2] 2
Rural localities 24
Municipal structure (as of June 2012)
Municipally incorporated as Beryozovsky Municipal District[3]
Municipal divisions:[3]
Urban settlements 2
Rural settlements 4
Statistics
Area 90,000 km2 (35,000 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 25,744 inhabitants[4]
 Urban 62.4%
 Rural 37.6%
Density 0.29/km2 (0.75/sq mi)[5]
Time zone YEKT (UTC+05:00)[6]
Official website
Beryozovsky District on WikiCommons

Beryozovsky District (Russian: Берёзовский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the nine in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the autonomous okrug on the left bank of meridional part of the Ob River within the limits of North Sosva altitudes and the east slope of the North and Pre-Polar Ural and borders with the Komi Republic in the west and with Shuryshkarsky District of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in the north. The area of the district is 90,000 square kilometers (35,000 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Beryozovo.[1] Population: 25,744 (2010 Census);[4] 27,170(2002 Census);[7] 28,256(1989 Census).[8] The population of Beryozovo accounts for 28.3% of the district's total population.[4]

Geography

The district lies in the basins of the Lesser Ob and the Severnaya Sosva Rivers.

Climate

The climate of the district is extremely cold, characterized by the way in which weather conditions are able to rapidly change. Average temperatures in January range from −18 to −24 °C (0 to −11 °F). Temperatures are below freezing for seven months of the year—from October to April. Snow lies on the ground for 180 to 200 days—again, from October to the start of May. The warmest month is July, when average temperatures reach +16 to +18 °C (61 to 64 °F). Annual precipitation is 400 to 550 millimeters (16 to 22 in) and the average wind speed is between 5 and 7 meters per second (16 and 23 ft/s).

Demographics

The population is multiethnic, with prevalence of Russian, Ukrainian, and Tatar ethnicities. The district is a place of dense habitation of the Mansi people (est. 6,117 people). Indigenous (Khanty, Mansi, and Nenets) make up approximately 25% of the district's population.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #43-oz
  2. The count of urban-type settlements includes the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  3. 1 2 3 Law #63-oz
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.).
  7. 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.
  8. 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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