Shelopuginsky District
District in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
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Shelopuginsky District (Russian: Шелопугинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the center of the krai, and borders with Sretensky District in the north, Gazimuro-Zavodsky District in the east, Aleksandrovo-Zavodsky District in the south, and with Akshinsky District in the west. The area of the district is 3,900 square kilometers (1,500 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Shelopugino.[1] Population: 8,369 (2010 census);[3] 9,773 (2002 Census);[8] 13,124 (1989 Soviet census).[9] The population of Shelopugino accounts for 39.1% of the district's total population.[3]
Shelopuginsky District
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 Location of Shelopuginsky District in Zabaykalsky Krai | |
| Coordinates: 51.667°N 117.758°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Zabaykalsky Krai[1] |
| Established | August 24, 1961[1] |
| Administrative center | Shelopugino[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,900 km2 (1,500 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 8,369 |
| 6,873 (−17.9%) | |
| • Density | 2.1/km2 (5.6/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 25 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Shelopuginsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[6] | 0 urban settlements, 8 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6  [7]) |
| OKTMO ID | 76652000 |
| Website | http://xn--e1amje5b.xn--80aaaac8algcbgbck3fl0q.xn--p1ai/ |
History
The district was established on August 24, 1961.[1]