Slobodskoy District (Russian: Слободско́й райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,790 square kilometers (1,460 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Slobodskoy (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 30,174 (2010 Russian census);[3] 33,655 (2002 Census);[9] 38,728 (1989 Soviet census).[10]
Slobodskoy District
Слободской район | |
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Coordinates: 58°43′N 50°11′E / 58.717°N 50.183°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kirov Oblast[1] |
Established | 10 June 1929 |
Administrative center | Slobodskoy[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 3,790 km2 (1,460 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 30,174 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 30,629 (+1.5%) |
• Density | 8.0/km2 (21/sq mi) |
• Urban | 32.2% |
• Rural | 67.8% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements, 12 Rural okrugs |
• Inhabited localities[5] | 1 Urban-type settlements[6], 232 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Slobodskoy Municipal District[7] |
• Municipal divisions[7] | 1 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [8]) |
OKTMO ID | 33635000 |
Website | http://www.admslob.ru/ |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Slobodskoy District is one of the thirty-nine in the oblast.[1] The town of Slobodskoy 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 Slobodskoy Municipal District.[7] The Town of Slobodskoy is incorporated separately from the district as Slobodskoy Urban Okrug.[7]