En Name: | Ketchenerovsky District |
Ru Name: | Кетченеровский район |
Loc Name1: | Көтчнрә район |
Loc Lang1: | Kalmyk |
Image View: | Кетченеры, Ремпублика Калмыкия.jpg |
Coordinates: | 47.3°N 75°W |
Federal Subject: | Republic of Kalmykia |
Adm Data As Of: | June 2011 |
Adm Ctr Type: | settlement |
Adm Ctr Name: | Ketchenery |
Selsoviet Type1: | Rural administrations |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 9 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 22 |
Mun Data As Of: | March 2015 |
Mun Formation1: | Ketchenerovsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 9 |
Area As Of: | June 2011 |
Area Km2: | 6547.91 |
Pop 2010Census: | 10622 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
Established Date: | 1938 |
Prev Name1: | Priozyorny District |
Prev Name1 Date: | 1990 |
Website: | http://ketrmork.ru/struktura-i-funkcii.html |
Date: | June 2015 |
Population of Ketchenerovsky District | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 10,622 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 11,049 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 15,263 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 14,867 |
Ketchenerovsky District (Russian: Кетчене́ровский райо́н; Kalmyk; Oirat: Көтчнрә район, Kötçnrä 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 northwest of the republic. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Ketchenery. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 10,622, with the population of Ketchenery accounting for 36.8% of that number.
The district is located in the northwest of Kalmykia, in the area of the Yergeni hills.[3] The area of the district is 6547.91km2.
The district was established in 1938. Until 1990, it was called Priozyorny District (Russian: Приозёрный район; Kalmyk: Kalmyk; Oirat: Приозёрн район, Priozërn rajon).
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ketchenerovsky District is one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia. The district is divided into nine rural administrations which comprise twenty-two rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ketchenerovsky Municipal District. Its nine rural administrations are incorporated as nine rural settlements within the municipal district. The settlement of Ketchenery serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.