Svetloyarsky District
District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia
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Svetloyarsky District (Russian: Светлоя́рский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Svetloyarsky Municipal District.[5] The area of the district is 3,390 square kilometers (1,310 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Svetly Yar.[2] Population: 38,355 (2010 census);[3] 39,384 (2002 Census);[7] 35,483 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Svetly Yar accounts for 32.7% of the district's total population.[3]
Svetloyarsky District
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Lake Sarpa in Svetloyarsky District | |
![]() Location of Svetloyarsky District in Volgograd Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 48°28′N 44°47′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Volgograd Oblast[1] |
| Established | 23 June 1928 |
| Administrative center | Svetly Yar[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,390 km2 (1,310 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 38,355 |
| • Density | 11.3/km2 (29.3/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 32.7% |
| • Rural | 67.3% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements, 9 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 urban-type settlements[4], 28 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Svetloyarsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 1 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 18649000 |
| Website | http://www.svyar.ru/ |
Geography
The district is located in the southeast of the oblast, in the area of the Volga Upland and the Yergeni hills.[9]
