Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District

Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District
Петровск-Забайкальский район (Russian)

Location of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Zabaykalsky Krai[1]
Administrative structure (as of January 2012)
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 November 2011)
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 9,110 km2 (3,520 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 37,900 inhabitants[5]
• Urban 74.0%
• Rural 26.0%
Density 4.16/km2 (10.8/sq mi)[6]
Time zone IRKT (UTC+08:00)[7]
Established January 4, 1926[1]
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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. The area of the district is 9,110 square kilometers (3,520 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky.[1] Population: 37,900 (2010 Census);[5] 21,110 (2002 Census);[8] 24,657 (1989 Census).[9] The population of the administrative center accounts for 48.9% of the district's total population.[5]

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,[10] and Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky Urban Okrug,[3] which covers the rest of the administrative district's territory, including the town of Petrovsk-Zabaykalsky.[11]

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 includes 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 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 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.
  7. ↑ 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.).
  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.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ 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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