Svetloyarsky District (Russian: Светлоя́рский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Svetloyarsky Municipal District.[6] The area of the district is 3,390 square kilometers (1,310 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Svetly Yar.[2] Population: 38,355 (2010 Russian census);[3] 39,384 (2002 Census);[8] 35,483 (1989 Soviet census).[9] The population of Svetly Yar accounts for 32.7% of the district's total population.[3]
Svetloyarsky District
Светлоярский район | |
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Coordinates: 48°28′N 44°47′E / 48.467°N 44.783°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Volgograd Oblast[1] |
Established | 23 June 1928 |
Administrative center | Svetly Yar[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 3,390 km2 (1,310 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 38,355 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 36,353 (−5.2%) |
• Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
• Urban | 32.7% |
• Rural | 67.3% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements, 9 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities | 1 Urban-type settlements[5], 28 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Svetloyarsky Municipal District[6] |
• Municipal divisions[6] | 1 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [7]) |
OKTMO ID | 18649000 |
Website | http://www.svyar.ru/ |
The district is located in the southeast of the oblast, in the area of the Volga Upland and the Yergeni hills.[10]