En Name: | Blagoveshchensky District |
Ru Name: | Благовещенский район |
Image View: | Грибское водохранилище.JPG |
Coordinates: | 50.3167°N 158°W |
Image Coa: | RUS Благовещенский район COA.gif |
Federal Subject: | Amur Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | June 2008 |
Adm Ctr Type: | city |
Adm Ctr Name: | Blagoveshchensk |
Selsoviet Type1: | Rural settlements |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 11 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 27 |
Mun Data As Of: | September 2005 |
Mun Formation1: | Blagoveshchensky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 11 |
Area Km2: | 3060 |
Area Km2 Ref: | [1] |
Pop 2010Census: | 19641 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
Website: | http://www.blagraion.ru/ |
Date: | August 2011 |
Blagoveshchensky District (Russian: Благове́щенский райо́н) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 3060km2.[1] Its administrative center is the city of Blagoveshchensk[4] (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 18,673 (2002 Census);
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Blagoveshchensky District is one of the twenty in the oblast. The city of Blagoveshchensk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Blagoveshchensky Municipal District. Blagoveshchensk Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.[5]