Alapayevsky District
District in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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Alapayevsky District (Russian: Алапа́евский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Alapayevskoye Urban Okrug.[5] It is located in the center of the oblast. Its administrative center is the town of Alapayevsk[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[6] Population: 33,613 (2010 Census);[3] 40,522 (2002 census);[7] 49,491 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
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Alapayevsky District
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A historical izba in the selo of Koptelovo in Alapayevsky District | |
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 Location of Alapayevsky District in Sverdlovsk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 58.288°N 62.209°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Sverdlovsk Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1923 |
| Administrative center | Alapayevsk[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,036.2 km2 (3,875.0 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 33,613 |
| • Density | 3.3492/km2 (8.6743/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 39.9% |
| • Rural | 60.1% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 2 urban-type settlements[4], 111 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Alapayevskoye Urban Okrug[5] |
| Website | http://www.alapaevskoe.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Alapayevsky District is one of the thirty in the oblast.[1] The town of Alapayevsk serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[6]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Alapayevskoye Urban Okrug.[5] The Town of Alapayevsk is incorporated separately from the district as Alapayevsk Urban Okrug.[9]