Vargashinsky District
District in Kurgan Oblast, Russia
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Vargashinsky District (Russian: Варгаши́нский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kurgan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central and northern parts of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,020 square kilometers (1,170 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Vargashi.[1] Population: 19,919 (2010 census);[2] 23,255 (2002 Census);[6] 24,417 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of the administrative center accounts for 46.5% of the district's total population.[2]
Vargashinsky District
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Vargashinsky District Administration building in Vargashi | |
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 Location of Vargashinsky District in Kurgan Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 55°24′N 65°48′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kurgan Oblast[1] |
| Established | 3 November 1923 |
| Administrative center | Vargashi[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,020 km2 (1,170 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 19,919 |
| • Density | 6.60/km2 (17.1/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 46.5% |
| • Rural | 53.5% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements under district jurisdiction, 18 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 urban-type settlements[3], 52 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Vargashinsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 1 urban settlements, 18 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 37606000 |
| Website | http://www.45варгаши.рф/ |