Mogochinsky District Explained

En Name:Mogochinsky District
Ru Name:Могочинский район
Image View:Mogocha.jpg
Coordinates:53.6833°N 131°W
Image Coa:Mogochinsky rayon COA (2015).gif
Federal Subject:Zabaykalsky Krai
Adm Data As Of:January 2014
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Mogocha
No Of Cities Towns:1
No Of Urban-Type Settlements:5
No Of Rural Localities:26
Mun Data As Of:October 2014
Mun Formation1:Mogochinsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:5
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:2
Mun Formation1 Counts Ref:[1]
Area Km2:25500
Pop 2010Census:25508
Urban Pop 2010Census:82.9%
Rural Pop 2010Census:17.1%
Established Date:January 4, 1926
Website:http://могоча.забайкальскийкрай.рф
Date:May 2017
Population of Mogochinsky District
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:25,508
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:27,225
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:37,944
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:39,565

Mogochinsky District (Russian: Мого́чинский райо́н) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the east of the krai and borders China in the east and south. The area of the district is 25500km2.[4] Its administrative center is the town of Mogocha. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 25,508, with the population of Mogocha accounting for 52.0% of that number.

History

The district was established on January 4, 1926.

Geography

The northern part of the district is located in the Olyokma-Stanovik Highlands area. The Amazar, one of the tributaries of the Amur, flows across it.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Law #317-ZZK
  2. Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities
  3. Law #316-ZZK
  4. Web site: Encyclopedia of Zabaykalsky Krai. Entry on Mogochinsky District. Transbaikal State University. ru. May 11, 2017.
  5. [Google Earth]