Blagoveshchensky District, Amur Oblast Explained

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);

Administrative and municipal status

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Descriptive Statistics - Blagoveshchensky. Federal State Statistics Service, Russian Federation. ru. July 2, 2016.
  2. Law #127-OZ
  3. Law #51-OZ
  4. According to Law #127-OZ, the administrative-territorial structure of Amur Oblast matches its municipal structure. The laws dealing with the structure of the municipal districts serve as the registries of the inhabited localities of the administrative districts and list their administrative centers. For Blagoveshchensky District, Law #51-OZ is used.
  5. Law #447-OZ