Gaysky District
District in Orenburg Oblast, Russia
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Gaysky District (Russian: Га́йский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-five in Orenburg Oblast, Russia.[1] It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,900 square kilometers (1,100 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Gay[2] which is not administratively a part of the district.[10] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 10,331.[4]
Gaysky District
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Lake Kuporosnoye, a protected area of Russia in Gaysky District | |
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 Location of Gaysky District in Orenburg Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 51°28′N 58°27′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Orenburg Oblast[1] |
| Established | 7 December 1934 |
| Administrative center | Gay[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,900 km2 (1,100 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 10,331 |
| • Density | 3.6/km2 (9.2/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 8 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[2] | 33 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Gaysky Urban Okrug[5] |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 53713000 |
| Website | http://mo-gai.orb.ru/ |
| 2010 Census | 10,331[4] |
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| 2002 Census | 12,188[7] |
| 1989 Census | 12,811[8] |
| 1979 Census | 51,486[9] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gaysky District is one of the thirty-five in the oblast.[1] The town of Gay serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with a status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the territory of the district and the territory of the Town of Gay are incorporated together as Gaysky Urban Okrug.[5] Prior to June 1, 2015, the district was incorporated as Gaysky Municipal District, while the Town of Gay was incorporated separately as Gay Urban Okrug.[11]