Novokuznetsky District
District in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
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Novokuznetsky District (Russian: Новокузне́цкий райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Novokuznetsky Municipal District.[4] It is located in the center of the oblast and spans it from border to border in the southwest-northeast direction. The area of the district is 13,039.5989 square kilometers (5,034.6173 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the city of Novokuznetsk (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 50,681.[3]
Novokuznetsky District
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The Bolshoy Tesh River valley in Novokuznetsky District | |
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 Location of Novokuznetsky District in Kemerovo Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 53°45′N 87°07′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kemerovo Oblast[1] |
| Established | 4 September 1924 |
| Administrative center | Novokuznetsk[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 13,039.5989 km2 (5,034.6173 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 50,681 |
| 51,082 | |
| • Density | 3.8867/km2 (10.067/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 6 rural territorie |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 134 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Novokuznetsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 32619000 |
| Website | admnkr |
| 2010 Census | 50,681[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 50,812[6] |
| 1989 Census | 39,436[7] |
| 1979 Census | 44,532[8] |
History
On March 19, 2007, a methane explosion ripped through the Ulyanovskaya mine in Novokuznetsky District killing over a hundred people. The mine was the largest coal producing center in Kemerovo Oblast. It is the deadliest mining accident in recent history.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Novokuznetsky District is one of the nineteen in the oblast.[1] The city of Novokuznetsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city 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 Novokuznetsky Municipal District.[4] Novokuznetsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated separately from the district as Novokuznetsky Urban Okrug.[4]