Tuapsinsky District
District in Krasnodar Krai, Russia
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Tuapsinsky District (Russian: Туапси́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-eight in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Tuapsinsky Municipal District.[5] It is located in the south of the krai. The area of the district is 2,399 square kilometers (926 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Tuapse (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 63,530 (2010 census);[3] 61,257 (2002 census);[7] 59,809 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Tuapsinsky District
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 Kiselyova Rock, a natural monument in Tuapsinsky District | |
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 Location of Tuapsinsky District in Krasnodar Krai | |
| Coordinates: 44°06′N 39°05′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Krasnodar Krai[1] |
| Established | 26 January 1920 |
| Administrative center | Tuapse[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,399 km2 (926 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 63,530 |
| • Density | 26.48/km2 (68.59/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 24.3% |
| • Rural | 75.7% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 2 Settlement okrugs, 7 Rural okrugs |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 2 urban-type settlements[4], 62 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Tuapsinsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 3 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 03655000 |
| Website | http://www.tuapseregion.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tuapsinsky District is one of the thirty-eight in the krai.[1] The town of Tuapse 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 Tuapsinsky Municipal District, with the Town of Tuapse being incorporated within it as Tuapsinskoye Urban Settlement.[5]