Galichsky District
District in Kostroma Oblast, Russia
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Galichsky District (Russian: Га́личский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,870 square kilometers (1,110 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Galich (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 6,661 (2021 census);[7] 8,738 (2010 census);[3] 11,503 (2002 Census);[8] 13,792 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
Galichsky District
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Village in Galichsky District | |
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 Location of Galichsky District in Kostroma Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 58°23′N 42°21′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kostroma Oblast[1] |
| Established | 8 October 1928 |
| Administrative center | Galich[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,870 km2 (1,110 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 8,738 |
| • Density | 3.04/km2 (7.89/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 5 Settlements |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 299 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Galichsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 5 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 34608000 |
| Website | https://gal-mr.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Galichsky District is one of the twenty-four in the oblast.[1] The town of Galich serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Galichsky Municipal District.[5] The town of oblast significance of Galich is incorporated separately from the district as Galich Urban Okrug.[5]