Zeysky District
District in Amur Oblast, Russia
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Zeysky District (Russian: Зе́йский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 87,486 square kilometers (33,779 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Zeya[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 16,847 (2010 census);[4] 20,827 (2002 Census);[7] 42,298 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Zeysky District
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Urkan River in Zeysky District | |
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 Location of Zeysky District in Amur Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 54°30′N 128°30′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Amur Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1926 |
| Administrative center | Zeya[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 87,486 km2 (33,779 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 16,847 |
| • Density | 0.19257/km2 (0.49875/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 21 Rural settlements |
| • Inhabited localities[2] | 31 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Zeysky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 21 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6 [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 10625000 |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zeysky District is one of the twenty in the oblast.[1] The town of Zeya serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as an urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zeysky Municipal District.[5] Zeya Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.[9]