Kosikhinsky District
District in Altai Krai, Russia
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Kosikhinsky District (Russian: Коси́хинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the krai. The area of the district is 1,877 square kilometers (725 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kosikha.[1] Population: 17,927 (2010 census);[3] 20,494 (2002 census);[6] 21,863 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of the administrative center accounts for 29.2% of the district's total population.[3]
Kosikhinsky District
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Memorial museum of Gherman Titov in the selo of Polkovnikovo, Kosikhinsky District | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kosikhinsky District in Altai Krai | |
| Coordinates: 53°21′36″N 84°35′03″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Altai Krai[1] |
| Established | 1924 |
| Administrative center | Kosikha[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,877 km2 (725 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 17,927 |
| • Density | 9.551/km2 (24.74/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 11 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 26 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Kosikhinsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 01618000 |
| Website | www.altairegion22.ru |