Aleysky District
District in Altai Krai, Russia
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Aleysky District (Russian: Але́йский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the center of the krai. The area of the district is 3,400 square kilometers (1,300 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Aleysk (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 16,800 (2010 census);[3] 20,474 (2002 census);[6] 21,510 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
Aleysky District
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Route A349 in Aleysky District | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Aleysky District in Altai Krai | |
| Coordinates: 52°30′N 82°47′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Altai Krai[1] |
| Established | 1924 |
| Administrative center | Aleysk[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,400 km2 (1,300 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 16,800 |
| • Density | 4.9/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 19 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 43 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Aleysky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 19 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 01601000 |
| Website | http://www.aladm.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Aleysky District is one of the fifty-nine in the krai.[1] The town of Aleysk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of krai significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Aleysky Municipal District.[4] The town of krai significance of Aleysk is incorporated separately from the district as Aleysk Urban Okrug.[8]
Geography
Lakes Sredneye and Bakhmatovskoye are located in the district.[9][10]