Ashinsky District
District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
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Ashinsky District (Russian: Аши́нский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.[1] It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,792 square kilometers (1,078 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Asha.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district (excluding the administrative center) was 32,898.[3]
Ashinsky District
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Minyarsky Pond, a protected area of Russia in Ashinsky District | |
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 Location of Ashinsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 54°59′N 57°17′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chelyabinsk Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1961[2] |
| Administrative center | Asha[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,792 km2 (1,078 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 32,898 |
| • Density | 11.78/km2 (30.52/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 90.2% |
| • Rural | 9.8% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 3 Towns, 1 Work settlements, 5 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 3 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements[4], 21 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Ashinsky Municipal District[1] |
| • Municipal divisions[1] | 4 urban settlements, 5 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2  [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 75609000 |
| Website | http://аша-район.рф |
| 2010 Census | 32,898[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 37,045[6] |
| 1989 Census | 43,876[7] |
| 1979 Census | 48,040[8] |
History
The district was established in 1961.[2]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it has a status of a town with territorial district—a unit equal in status to administrative districts—the full name of which is The Town of Asha and Ashinsky District (город Аша и Ашинский район). As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Ashinsky Municipal District.[1]