Nikolayevsky District (Russian: Никола́евский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion), one of the seventeen in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the east of the krai. The area of the district is 17,188 square kilometers (6,636 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Nikolayevsk-on-Amur[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[11] Population: 9,942 (2010 Russian census);[4] 13,850 (2002 Census);[12] 19,683 (1989 Soviet census).[13]
Nikolayevsky District
Николаевский район | |
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Coordinates: 53°09′N 140°44′E / 53.150°N 140.733°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Khabarovsk Krai[1] |
Established | 12 January 1965 |
Administrative center | Nikolayevsk-on-Amur[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 17,188 km2 (6,636 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 9,942 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 26,782 (+169.4%) |
• Density | 0.58/km2 (1.5/sq mi) |
• Urban | 51.4% |
• Rural | 48.6% |
Administrative structure | |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 2 Urban-type settlements[6], 25 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Nikolayevsky Municipal District[7] |
• Municipal divisions[8][9] | 3 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+10 (MSK+7 [10]) |
OKTMO ID | 08631000 |
Website | http://www.nikoladm.ru/ |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nikolayevsky District is one of the seventeen in the krai.[1] The town of Nikolayevsk-on-Amur serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a town 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 Nikolayevsky Municipal District, with the town of krai significance of Nikolayevsk-on-Amur being incorporated within it as Nikolayevsk-na-Amure Urban Settlement.[8]