Kumylzhensky District
District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia
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Kumylzhensky District (Russian: Кумылженский райо́н) is an administrative[1] district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kumylzhensky Municipal District.[5] It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,977 square kilometers (1,149 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Kumylzhenskaya.[2] Population: 21,425 (2010 census);[4] 23,499 (2002 Census);[7] 23,647 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Kumylzhenskaya accounts for 37.1% of the district's total population.[4]
Kumylzhensky District
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A glacial boulder in Nizhnekhopyorsky Nature Park in Kumylzhensky District | |
![]() Location of Kumylzhensky District in Volgograd Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 49°53′N 42°36′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Volgograd Oblast[1] |
| Established | 23 June 1928 |
| Administrative center | Kumylzhenskaya[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,977 km2 (1,149 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 21,425 |
| • Density | 7.197/km2 (18.64/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 17 selsoviet |
| • Inhabited localities | 78 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Kumylzhensky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 18646000 |
| Website | http://www.kumadmin.ru/ |
History
The district was called Podtyolkovsky District from 1970–1994.[9]
