Surazhsky District
District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia
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Surazhsky District (Russian: Сура́жский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,128 square kilometers (436 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Surazh.[1] Population: 22,345 (2021 census);[7] 24,623 (2010 census);[3] 27,223 (2002 Census);[8] 31,697 (1989 Soviet census).[9] The population of Surazh accounts for 50.0% of the district's total population.[7]
Surazhsky District
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Chapel-tomb in Surazh | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Surazhsky District in Bryansk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 53°01′N 32°24′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Bryansk Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1929 |
| Administrative center | Surazh[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,128 km2 (436 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 24,623 |
| • Density | 21.83/km2 (56.54/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 47.3% |
| • Rural | 52.7% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban administrative okrugs, 7 Rural administrative okrugs |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 1 cities/towns, 120 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Surazhsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 1 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 15654000 |
| Website | http://www.admsur.ru/ (cached) |
Ecological problems
As a result of the Chernobyl disaster on April 26, 1986, part of the territory of Bryansk Oblast has been contaminated with radionuclides (mainly Gordeyevsky, Klimovsky, Klintsovsky, Krasnogorsky, Surazhsky, and Novozybkovsky Districts). In 1999, some 226,000 people lived in areas with the contamination level above 5 Curie/km2, representing approximately 16% of the oblast's population.