Zeysky District (Russian: Зе́йский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 87,486 square kilometers (33,779 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Zeya[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 16,847 (2010 Russian census);[4] 20,827 (2002 Census);[8] 42,298 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
Zeysky District
Зейский район | |
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Coordinates: 54°30′N 128°30′E / 54.500°N 128.500°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Amur Oblast[1] |
Established | 1926 |
Administrative center | Zeya[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 87,486 km2 (33,779 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 16,847 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 14,649 (−13%) |
• Density | 0.19/km2 (0.50/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 21 Rural settlements |
• Inhabited localities[2] | 31 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Zeysky Municipal District[6] |
• Municipal divisions[6] | 0 urban settlements, 21 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6 [7]) |
OKTMO ID | 10625000 |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zeysky District is one of the twenty in the oblast.[1] The town of Zeya serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as an urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zeysky Municipal District.[6] Zeya Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.[10]