Belogorsky District
District in Amur Oblast, Russia
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Belogorsky District (Russian: Белого́рский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 2,591 square kilometers (1,000 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Belogorsk[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 20,052 (2010 census);[4] 23,848 (2002 Census);[7] 28,648 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Belogorsky District
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Road in Belogorsky | |
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 Location of Belogorsky District in Amur Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 50°55′00″N 128°27′12″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Amur Oblast[1] |
| Established | 4 January 1926 |
| Administrative center | Belogorsk[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,591 km2 (1,000 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 20,052 |
| • Density | 7.739/km2 (20.04/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 13 Rural settlements |
| • Inhabited localities[2] | 36 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Belogorsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6 [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 10608000 |
| Website | http://belraion.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Belogorsky District is one of the twenty in the oblast.[1] The town of Belogorsk serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as an urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Belogorsky Municipal District.[5] Belogorsk Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.[9]