Kirovo-Chepetsky District (Russian: Ки́рово-Чепе́цкий райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,210.27 square kilometers (853.39 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Kirovo-Chepetsk (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 21,317 (2010 Russian census);[3] 22,193 (2002 Census);[8] 39,688 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
Kirovo-Chepetsky District
Кирово-Чепецкий район | |
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Coordinates: 58°33′N 50°02′E / 58.550°N 50.033°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kirov Oblast[1] |
Established | 23 February 1960 |
Administrative center | Kirovo-Chepetsk[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,210.27 km2 (853.39 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 21,317 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 22,053 (+3.5%) |
• Density | 9.6/km2 (25/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 13 rural okrug |
• Inhabited localities[5] | 237 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Kirovo-Chepetsky Municipal District[6] |
• Municipal divisions[6] | 0 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [7]) |
OKTMO ID | 33618000 |
Website | http://www.admkchr.ru/ |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kirovo-Chepetsky District is one of the thirty-nine in the oblast.[1] The town of Kirovo-Chepetsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kirovo-Chepetsky Municipal District.[6] The Town of Kirovo-Chepetsk is incorporated separately from the district as Kirovo-Chepetsk Urban Okrug.[6]