En Name: | Oboyansky District |
Ru Name: | Обоянский район |
Image View: | Oboyan, Administration of District.jpg |
Coordinates: | 51.2167°N 51°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Oboyansky rayon (Kursk oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Kursk Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | January 2013 |
Adm Ctr Type: | town |
Adm Ctr Name: | Oboyan |
Town Of District Significance Type: | Towns of district significance |
No Of Towns Of District Significance: | 1 |
Selsoviet Type1: | Selsoviets |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 19 |
No Of Cities Towns: | 1 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 83 |
Mun Data As Of: | August 2011 |
Mun Formation1: | Oboyansky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 12 |
Area Km2: | 1090 |
Area Km2 Ref: | [1] |
Pop 2010Census: | 31042 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 43.7% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 56.3% |
Website: | http://oboyan.rkursk.ru/ |
Date: | August 2011 |
Oboyansky District (Russian: Обоя́нский райо́н) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 1090km2.[1] Its administrative center is the town of Oboyan. Population: 35,815 (2002 Census); The population of Oboyan accounts for 42.4% of the district's total population.
Oboyansky District is located in the south central region of Kursk Oblast on the border with Belgorod Oblast. The terrain is hilly plain on the Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the Psel River, which flows south from the district into Ukraine, where it empties into the Dnieper River. The Psel is typically frozen from November to March. The district is 40km (30miles) south of the city of Kursk and 490km (300miles) southwest of Moscow. The area measures 25km (16miles) (north-south), and 40km (30miles) (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Oboyan.[1]
The district is bordered on the north by Medvensky District, on the east by Pristensky District, on the south by Ivnyansky District of Belgorod Oblast, and on the west by Belovsky District.