Shushensky District
District in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
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Shushensky District (Russian: Шу́шенский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the south of the krai and borders with Minusinsky District in the north, Karatuzsky District in the northeast, Yermakovsky District in the east and southeast, the Tuva Republic in the southwest, and with the Republic of Khakassia in the west. The area of the district is 10,140 square kilometers (3,920 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Shushenskoye.[1] Population: 33,216 (2010 census);[5] 36,891 (2002 Census);[9] 37,628 (1989 Soviet census).[10] The population of Shushenskoye accounts for 52.7% of the district's total population.[5]
Shushensky District
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Shushensky Forest, from river, Shushensky District | |
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 Location of Shushensky District in Krasnoyarsk Krai | |
| Coordinates: 53°19′33″N 91°56′22″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai[1] |
| Established | January 5, 1944[2] |
| Administrative center | Shushenskoye[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local government |
| • Body | Shushensky District Council of Deputies[3] |
| • Head[4] | Anatoly G. Kerzik[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,140 km2 (3,920 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 33,216 |
| • Density | 3.276/km2 (8.484/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 52.7% |
| • Rural | 47.3% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements, 7 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 urban-type settlements[6], 29 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Shushensky Municipal District[7] |
| • Municipal divisions[7] | 1 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4  [8]) |
| OKTMO ID | 04659000 |
| Website | http://www.arshush.ru |
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History
The district was founded on January 5, 1944.[2]
Government
As of 2013, the Head of the district and the Chairman of the District Council is Anatoly G. Kerzik.[2]