En Name: | Gorodovikovsky District |
Ru Name: | Городовиковский район |
Loc Name1: | Башнтан район |
Loc Lang1: | Kalmyk |
Image View: | Хагин Сала1.jpg |
Coordinates: | 46.0833°N 97°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of arms of Gorodovikovsk.png |
Federal Subject: | Republic of Kalmykia |
Adm Data As Of: | June 2011 |
Adm Ctr Type: | town |
Adm Ctr Name: | Gorodovikovsk |
Town Of District Significance Type: | Towns |
No Of Towns Of District Significance: | 1 |
Selsoviet Type1: | Rural administrations |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 6 |
No Of Cities Towns: | 1 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 18 |
Mun Data As Of: | March 2015 |
Mun Formation1: | Gorodovikovsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 6 |
Area As Of: | June 2011 |
Area Km2: | 1099.05 |
Pop 2010Census: | 17295 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 55.3% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 44.7% |
Established Date: | 1920 |
Prev Name1: | Zapadny District |
Prev Name1 Date: | April 1960 |
Website: | http://agrmo.rk08.ru |
Date: | June 2015 |
Population of Gorodovikovsky District | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 17,295 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 19,322 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 20,895 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 20,922 |
Gorodovikovsky District (Russian: Городовико́вский райо́н; Kalmyk; Oirat: Башнтан район, Başntan rayon) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the district is 1099.05km2. Its administrative center is the town of Gorodovikovsk. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 17,295, with the population of Gorodovikovsk accounting for 55.3% of that number.
The district was established in 1920. Until April 1960, the district was known as Zapadny District (Russian: Западный район, i.e., Western District).
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gorodovikovsky District is one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia. It is divided into one town (an administrative division with the administrative center in the town (an inhabited locality) of Gorodovikovsk) and six rural administrations, which comprise eighteen rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Gorodovikovsky Municipal District. The Town of Gorodovikovsk is incorporated as an urban settlement, and the six rural administration are incorporated as six rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Gorodovikovsk serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.