Kumylzhensky District (Russian: Кумылженский райо́н) is an administrative[1] district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kumylzhensky Municipal District.[6] It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,977 square kilometers (1,149 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Kumylzhenskaya.[2] Population: 21,425 (2010 Russian census);[4] 23,499 (2002 Census);[8] 23,647 (1989 Soviet census).[9] The population of Kumylzhenskaya accounts for 37.1% of the district's total population.[4]
Kumylzhensky District
Кумылженский район | |
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Coordinates: 49°53′N 42°36′E / 49.883°N 42.600°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Volgograd Oblast[1] |
Established | 23 June 1928 |
Administrative center | Kumylzhenskaya[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,977 km2 (1,149 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 21,425 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 19,546 (−8.8%) |
• Density | 7.2/km2 (19/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 17 selsoviet |
• Inhabited localities | 78 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Kumylzhensky Municipal District[6] |
• Municipal divisions[6] | 0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [7]) |
OKTMO ID | 18646000 |
Website | http://www.kumadmin.ru/ |
The district was called Podtyolkovsky District from 1970–1994.[10]