Imeni Poliny Osipenko District

District in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Imeni Poliny Osipenko District (Russian: райо́н и́мени Поли́ны Осипе́нко) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the seventeen in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the center of the krai. The area of the district is 34,560 square kilometers (13,340 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of imeni Poliny Osipenko.[2] Population: 5,198(2010 census);[4] 6,568(2002 census);[8] 7,651(1989 Soviet census).[9] The population of the administrative center accounts for 43.3% of the district's total population.[4]

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Imeni Poliny Osipenko District
район имени Полины Осипенко (Russian)
Taiga of Far East near Imeni Poliny Osipenko village
Taiga of Far East near Imeni Poliny Osipenko village
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Coat of arms of Imeni Poliny Osipenko District
Location of Imeni Poliny Osipenko District in Khabarovsk Krai
Coordinates: 52°25′14″N 136°28′55″E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKhabarovsk Krai[1]
Established1926Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerimeni Poliny Osipenko[2]
Area
  Total
34,560 km2 (13,340 sq mi)
Population
  Total
5,198
  Density0.1504/km2 (0.3895/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Inhabited localities[1]16 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asImeni Poliny Osipenko Municipal District[5]
  Municipal divisions[6]0 urban settlements, 5 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+10 (MSK+7 Edit this on Wikidata[7])
OKTMO ID08637000
Websitehttp://www.rayonosipenko.ru/
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Geography

The district is mountainous. In the western part rise the Yam-Alin, Dusse-Alin, Etkil-Yankansky, Mevadzha and Koltoursky ranges; in the eastern part, parallel to the Amgun River, rise the Kivun, Omal, Omeldin and Chayatyn ranges. The Nimelen-Chukchagir Lowland is located in the central part of the district.[10]

The main rivers of the district are the Amgun and its tributaries Nimelen, Nilan and Semi, as well as the Oldzhikan, Uda and Somnia (Сомня). The Amgun is navigable from the mouth to imeni Poliny Osipenko village. There are about four thousand lakes in the district. The largest are Chukchagir (366 km2 (141 sq mi)) and Dzhevdokha (19 km2 (7.3 sq mi)).[11]

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