Gorodovikovsky District Explained

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.

History

The district was established in 1920. Until April 1960, the district was known as Zapadny District (Russian: Западный район, i.e., Western District).

Administrative and municipal status

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Decree #137
  2. Law #308-IV-Z