Yelansky District
District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia
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Yelansky District (Russian: Еланский райо́н) is an administrative[1] district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Yelansky Municipal District.[6] It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,672 square kilometers (1,032 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Yelan.[2] Population: 33,064 (2010 census);[4] 36,212 (2002 Census);[8] 36,293 (1989 Soviet census).[9] The population of Yelan accounts for 44.9% of the district's total population.[4]
Yelansky District
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![]() Location of Yelansky District in Volgograd Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 50°56′N 43°43′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Volgograd Oblast[1] |
| Established | 23 June 1928 |
| Administrative center | Yelan[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,672 km2 (1,032 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 33,064 |
| • Density | 12.37/km2 (32.05/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 44.9% |
| • Rural | 55.1% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements, 20 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 urban-type settlements[5], 40 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Yelansky Municipal District[6] |
| • Municipal divisions[6] | 1 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 18610000 |
| Website | http://www.raelan.ru/ |
