Yurginsky District, Kemerovo Oblast
District in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
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Yurginsky District (Russian: Юрги́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Yurginsky Municipal District.[4] It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,510 square kilometers (970 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Yurga (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 22,448 (2010 census);[3] 22,779 (2002 Census);[6] 22,994 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
Yurginsky District
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 Location of Yurginsky District in Kemerovo Oblast | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kemerovo Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1924 |
| Administrative center | Yurga[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,510 km2 (970 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 22,448 |
| • Density | 8.94/km2 (23.2/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 9 rural territorie |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 63 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Yurginsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 32640000 |
| Website | http://www.yurgregion.ru |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yurginsky District is one of the nineteen in the oblast.[1] The town of Yurga serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Yurginsky Municipal District.[4] Yurga Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated separately from the district as Yurginsky Urban Okrug.[4]