Bikinsky District Explained

En Name:Bikinsky District
Ru Name:Бикинский район
Image View:Bikin River, Khabarovsk Krai.jpg
Coordinates:46.8167°N 150°W
Federal Subject:Khabarovsk Krai
Adm Data As Of:September 2012
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Bikin
No Of Rural Localities:11
Mun Data As Of:October 2010
Mun Formation1:Bikinsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:1
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:8
Mun Formation1 Counts Ref:[1]
Area Km2:2483
Area Km2 Ref:[2]
Pop 2010Census:7264
Urban Pop 2010Census:0%
Rural Pop 2010Census:100%
Website:http://bikinadm.ru/
Date:July 2010

Bikinsky District (Russian: Бики́нский райо́н) is an administrative[3] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the seventeen in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai. The area of the district is 2483km2.[2] Its administrative center is the town of Bikin (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population:

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bikinsky District is one of the seventeen in the krai. The town of Bikin serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of krai significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[5]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Bikinsky Municipal District, with the town of krai significance of Bikin being incorporated within it as Bikin Urban Settlement.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Law #208
  2. Web site: Descriptive Statistics - Bikin District. Federal State Statistics Service, Russian Federation. ru. July 2, 2016.
  3. Resolution #143-pr
  4. Law #194
  5. Law #109
  6. Law #191