Oktyabrsky District, Perm Krai
District in Perm Krai, Russia
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Oktyabrsky District (Russian: Октя́брьский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Perm Krai, Russia; one of the thirty-three in the krai.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Oktyabrsky Municipal District.[5] It is located in the southeast of the krai. The area of the district is 3,444 square kilometers (1,330 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Oktyabrsky.[1] Population: 30,441 (2010 census);[3] 36,463 (2002 census);[7] 39,253 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of the administrative center accounts for 32.3% of the district's total population.[3]
Oktyabrsky District
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Sars River, Oktyabrsky District | |
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 Location of Oktyabrsky District in Perm Krai | |
| Coordinates: 56.519°N 57.214°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Perm Krai[1] |
| Established | June 10, 1931[2] |
| Administrative center | Oktyabrsky[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,444 km2 (1,330 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 30,441 |
| • Density | 8.839/km2 (22.89/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 48.9% |
| • Rural | 51.1% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 2 urban-type settlements[4], 82 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Oktyabrsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 2 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2  [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 57761000 |
| Website | http://oktyabrskiy.perm.ru/ |
History
It was established on July 10, 1931 as Schuchye-Ozyorsky District (Щучье-Озёрский район), by merging Almazovsky and Bogorodsky Districts of Ural Oblast.[2] It was given its present name on July 15, 1960.[2] On February 1, 1963, the district was its territory was merged into Chernushinsky District, but on January 12, 1965 it was restored.[2]