Slobodskoy District
District in Kirov Oblast, Russia
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Slobodskoy District (Russian: Слободско́й райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,790 square kilometers (1,460 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Slobodskoy (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 30,174 (2010 census);[3] 33,655 (2002 Census);[8] 38,728 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
Slobodskoy District
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Archaeological site, Slobodsky District | |
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 Location of Slobodskoy District in Kirov Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 58°43′N 50°11′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kirov Oblast[1] |
| Established | 10 June 1929 |
| Administrative center | Slobodskoy[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,790 km2 (1,460 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 30,174 |
| • Density | 7.96/km2 (20.6/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 32.2% |
| • Rural | 67.8% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements, 12 Rural okrugs |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 1 urban-type settlements[5], 232 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Slobodskoy Municipal District[6] |
| • Municipal divisions[6] | 1 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [7]) |
| OKTMO ID | 33635000 |
| Website | http://www.admslob.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Slobodskoy District is one of the thirty-nine in the oblast.[1] The town of Slobodskoy serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Slobodskoy Municipal District.[6] The Town of Slobodskoy is incorporated separately from the district as Slobodskoy Urban Okrug.[6]
People
- Alexander Bakulev (1890-1967)