Belogorsky District (Russian: Белого́рский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 2,591 square kilometers (1,000 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Belogorsk[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 20,052 (2010 Russian census);[4] 23,848 (2002 Census);[8] 28,648 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
Belogorsky District
Белогорский район | |
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Coordinates: 50°55′00″N 128°27′12″E / 50.91667°N 128.45333°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Amur Oblast[1] |
Established | 4 January 1926 |
Administrative center | Belogorsk[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,591 km2 (1,000 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 20,052 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 17,647 (−12%) |
• Density | 7.7/km2 (20/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 13 Rural settlements |
• Inhabited localities[2] | 36 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Belogorsky Municipal District[6] |
• Municipal divisions[6] | 0 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6 [7]) |
OKTMO ID | 10608000 |
Website | http://belraion.ru/ |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Belogorsky District is one of the twenty in the oblast.[1] The town of Belogorsk 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 Belogorsky Municipal District.[6] Belogorsk Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.[10]