Arkharinsky District
District in Amur Oblast, Russia
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Arkharinsky District (Russian: Архари́нский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 14,355 square kilometers (5,542 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Arkhara.[2] Population: 17,186 (2010 census);[4] 21,068 (2002 Census);[8] 27,537 (1989 Soviet census).[9] The population of Arkhara accounts for 55.8% of the district's total population.[4]
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Arkharinsky District
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Khingansky Nature Reserve in Arkharinsky District | |
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 Location of Arkharinsky District in Amur Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 49°25′32″N 130°04′41″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Amur Oblast[1] |
| Established | 4 January 1926 |
| Administrative center | Arkhara[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 14,355 km2 (5,542 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 17,186 |
| • Density | 1.1972/km2 (3.1008/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 55.8% |
| • Rural | 44.2% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban settlements, 15 Rural settlements |
| • Inhabited localities[2] | 1 urban-type settlements[5], 48 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Arkharinsky Municipal District[6] |
| • Municipal divisions[6] | 1 urban settlements, 15 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6 [7]) |
| OKTMO ID | 10605000 |
| Website | http://www.arh-adm.ru/ |
Geography
There is a wide floodplain by the Amur River in the district, to the northeast there is a terraced lowland plain, followed by the hills and plains of the Arkhara River basin, a tributary of the Amur River. To the north rises the southern end of the Turan Range.[10]