Komsomolsky District (Russian: Комсомо́льский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the seventeen in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of the krai. The area of the district is 25,167 square kilometers (9,717 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[9] Population: 29,072 (2010 Census);[4] 31,563 (2002 Census);[10] 33,649 (1989 Census).[11]
Komsomolsky District
Комсомольский район | |
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Coordinates: 50°34′N 137°00′E / 50.567°N 137.000°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Khabarovsk Krai[1] |
Established | 4 January 1926 |
Administrative center | Komsomolsk-on-Amur[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 25,167 km2 (9,717 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 29,072 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 27,512 (−5.4%) |
• Density | 1.2/km2 (3.0/sq mi) |
• Urban | 2.7% |
• Rural | 97.3% |
Administrative structure | |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 35 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Komsomolsky Municipal District[6] |
• Municipal divisions[7] | 0 urban settlements, 21 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7 [8]) |
OKTMO ID | 08620000 |
Website | http://www.raion-kms.ru/ |
The Amur river flows by the city. Lake Khummi is located 32 km (20 mi) to the southeast of the city.[12][13]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Komsomolsky District is one of the seventeen in the krai.[1] The city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a city of krai significance[1]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[14]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Komsomolsky Municipal District.[6] The city of krai significance of Komsomolsk-on-Amur is incorporated separately from the district as Komsomolsk-na-Amure Urban Okrug.[15]