Tashtagolsky District
District in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
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Tashtagolsky District (Russian: Таштаго́льский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Tashtagolsky Municipal District.[5] It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 11,383 square kilometers (4,395 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Tashtagol (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 31,895 (2010 census);[3] 34,545 (2002 Census);[7] 37,816 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Tashtagolsky District
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The urban-type settlement of Temirtau in Tashtagolsky District | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Tashtagolsky District in Kemerovo Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 52°46′00″N 87°52′00″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kemerovo Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1939 |
| Administrative center | Tashtagol[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 11,383 km2 (4,395 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 31,895 |
| • Density | 2.8020/km2 (7.2571/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 81.4% |
| • Rural | 18.6% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 5 Urban-type settlements, 4 Rural territories |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 5 urban-type settlements[4], 88 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Tashtagolsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 6 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 32627000 |
| Website | http://atr.my1.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tashtagolsky District is one of the nineteen in the oblast.[1] The town of Tashtagol serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tashtagolsky Municipal District, with Tashtagol Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction being incorporated within it as Tashtagolskoye Urban Settlement.[5]
Population
People
- Ivan Yarygin (1948-1997)