Verkhnedonskoy District
District in Rostov Oblast, Russia
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Verkhnedonskoy District (Russian: Верхнедонско́й райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,675 square kilometers (1,033 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (stanitsa) of Kazanskaya.[1] Population: 20,441 (2010 Census);[3] 23,327 (2002 census);[6] 26,575 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of Kazanskaya accounts for 23.1% of the district's total population.[3]
Verkhnedonskoy District
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Farm in Verkhnedonskoy District | |
![]() Location of Verkhnedonskoy District in Rostov Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 49°48′N 41°08′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Rostov Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1924 |
| Administrative center | Kazanskaya[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,675 km2 (1,033 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 20,441 |
| • Density | 7.641/km2 (19.79/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 10 rural settlement |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 59 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Verkhnedonskoy Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 60608000 |
| Website | http://verhnedon.donland.ru/ |
Notable residents
- Dmitri Kartashov (born 1994 in Kazanskaya), football player
