Tyndinsky District
District in Amur Oblast, Russia
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Tyndinsky District (Russian: Ты́ндинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 83,258 square kilometers (32,146 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Tynda[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 16,065 (2010 census);[4] 16,701 (2002 Census);[7] 35,067 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Tyndinsky District
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Lake in Tyndinsky District, Amur Oblast | |
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 Location of Tyndinsky District in Amur Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 55°20′N 123°30′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Amur Oblast[1] |
| Established | 10 December 1930 |
| Administrative center | Tynda[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 83,258 km2 (32,146 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 16,065 |
| • Density | 0.19295/km2 (0.49975/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 20 Rural settlements |
| • Inhabited localities[2] | 24 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Tyndinsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 20 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6 [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 10654000 |
| Website | http://atr.tynda.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tyndinsky District is one of the twenty in the oblast.[1] The town of Tynda serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as an urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tyndinsky Municipal District.[5] Tynda Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.[9]