Mogochinsky District
District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
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Mogochinsky District (Russian: Мого́чинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the east of the krai and borders China in the east and south. The area of the district is 25,500 square kilometers (9,800 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Mogocha.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 25,508, with the population of Mogocha accounting for 52.0% of that number.[3]
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Mogochinsky District
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The town of Mogocha, the administrative center of Mogochinsky District | |
 Flag .gif) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Mogochinsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai | |
| Coordinates: 53°41′N 120°11′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Zabaykalsky Krai[1] |
| Established | January 4, 1926[1][2] |
| Administrative center | Mogocha[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 25,500 km2 (9,800 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 25,508 |
| 24,474 (−4.1%) | |
| • Density | 1.00/km2 (2.59/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 82.9% |
| • Rural | 17.1% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 cities/towns, 5 urban-type settlements[5], 26 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Mogochinsky Municipal District[6] |
| • Municipal divisions[7] | 5 urban settlements, 2 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6  [8]) |
| OKTMO ID | 76626000 |
| Website | http://могоча.забайкальскийкрай.рф |
| 2010 Census | 25,508[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 27,225[9] |
| 1989 Census | 37,944[10] |
| 1979 Census | 39,565[11] |
History
Geography
The northern part of the district is located in the Olyokma-Stanovik Highlands area. The Amazar, one of the tributaries of the Amur, flows across it.[13]