Volokonovsky District
District in Belgorod Oblast, Russia
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Volokonovsky District (Russian: Волоко́новский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Volokonovsky Municipal District.[6] It is located in the south of the oblast. Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Volokonovka.[2] As of the 2021 Census, the total population of the district was 29,276, with the population of Volokonovka accounting for 35.6% of that number.[8]
Volokonovsky District
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The Oskol River near the work settlement of Pyatnitskoye in Volokonovsky District | |
![]() Location of Volokonovsky District in Belgorod Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 50°24′N 37°41′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Belgorod Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1928 |
| Administrative center | Volokonovka[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,287.7 km2 (497.2 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 32,769 |
• Estimate (2015) | 31,382 |
| • Density | 25.448/km2 (65.909/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 49.1% |
| • Rural | 50.9% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 2 Work settlements and settlement okrugs, 12 Rural okrugs |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 2 urban-type settlements[5], 80 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Volokonovsky Municipal District[6] |
| • Municipal divisions[6] | 2 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 14630000 |
| Website | http://voladm.ru |
| 2021 Census | 29,276[8] |
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| 2010 Census | 32,769[3] |
| 2002 Census | 35,616[9] |
| 1989 Census | 36,598[10] |
| 1979 Census | 39,490[11] |
