Nemetsky National District
District in Altai Krai, Russia
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German National District (Russian: Неме́цкий национа́льный райо́н, romanized: Nemetskiy natsional'nyy rayon; German: Deutscher Nationalrajon) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the krai. The area of the district is 1,450 square kilometers (560 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Galbshtadt.[1] Population: 17,668 (2010 census);[3] 20,598 (2002 census).[6] The population of Galbshtadt accounts for 9.9% of the district's total population.[3]
July 1, 1991 (second)
German National District
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Village Halbstadt. Nemetsky National District | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Nemetsky National District in Altai Krai | |
| Coordinates: 53°13′30″N 78°59′00″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Altai Krai[1] |
| Established | July 4, 1927 (first),[citation needed] July 1, 1991 (second) |
| Administrative center | Galbshtadt[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,450 km2 (560 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 17,668 |
| • Density | 12.2/km2 (31.6/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 12 selsoviet |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 16 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Nemetsky National Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4  [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 01660000 |
| Website | www.altairegion22.ru |
History
The official name of that area is "Deutscher Nationalkreis im Altai-Gebiet" (German national rayon in the Altai District). The district was established on July 4, 1927 and abolished on November 5, 1938 by Stalin. On July 4, 1991 it was resurrected by special orders of President Boris Yeltsin. Bonn and Moscow also agreed to the foundation of another German rayon: Asowo in the district of Omsk. Halbstadt, however, had already existed as a German village between 1927 and 1938, before Stalin put an end to it.[7]
Economy
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Germany actively aided the development of the economy and social services in the district. In the period between 1991 and 2006, the German government subsidized construction of 168 apartments (1-, 2-, 6- and 9-apartment houses) with a total area of 17,400 square metres (4.3 acres).
Transportation
The "Pavlodar - Tomsk" highway (including the "Slavgorod - Kamen-na-Obi" section) runs through the district.