Mariinsky District
District in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
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Mariinsky District (Russian: Марии́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Mariinsky Municipal District.[4] It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 5,607 square kilometers (2,165 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Mariinsk (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 17,285 (2010 census);[3] 19,182 (2002 Census);[6] 22,037 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
Mariinsky District
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Lenina Street, Mariinsk | |
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 Location of Mariinsky District in Kemerovo Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 56.387°N 87.821°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kemerovo Oblast[1] |
| Established | 4 September 1924 |
| Administrative center | Mariinsk[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,607 km2 (2,165 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 17,285 |
| • Density | 3.083/km2 (7.984/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 12 rural territorie |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 55 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Mariinsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 1 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 32616000 |
| Website | http://mariinsk.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mariinsky District is one of the nineteen in the oblast.[1] The town of Mariinsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Mariinsky Municipal District, with Mariinsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction being incorporated within it as Mariinskoye Urban Settlement.[4]