Sarpinsky District Explained

En Name:Sarpinsky District
Ru Name:Сарпинский район
Loc Name1:Сарпан район
Loc Lang1:Kalmyk
Image View:Садовое, Калмыкия.jpg
Coordinates:47.7667°N 75°W
Federal Subject:Republic of Kalmykia
Adm Data As Of:June 2011
Adm Ctr Type:selo
Adm Ctr Name:Sadovoye
Selsoviet Type1:Rural administrations
No Of Selsoviets Type1:9
No Of Rural Localities:17
Mun Data As Of:March 2015
Mun Formation1:Sarpinsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:0
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:9
Area As Of:June 2011
Area Km2:3737.63
Pop 2010Census:13796
Urban Pop 2010Census:0%
Rural Pop 2010Census:100%
Established Date:1920
Website:http://sarpinskoe-rmo.ru
Date:June 2015
Population of Sarpinsky District
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:13,796
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:14,504
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:17,686
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:18,276

Sarpinsky District (Russian: Сарпи́нский райо́н; Kalmyk; Oirat: Сарпан район, Sarpan 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 north of the republic. The area of the district is 3737.63km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Sadovoye. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 13,796, with the population of Sadovoye accounting for 47.3% of that number.

Geography

The district is located in the northwest of Kalmykia, in the area of the Yergeni hills. It borders with Maloderbetovsky District in the northeast, Ketchenerovsky District in the southeast, Zavetinskiy District of Rostov Oblast in the southwest, and with Kotelnikovsky and Oktyabrsky districts of Volgograd Oblast in the west.[3] The area of the district is 3737.63km2.

History

The district was established in 1920.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sarpinsky District is one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia. The district is divided into nine rural administrations which comprise seventeen rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sarpinsky Municipal District. Its nine rural administrations are incorporated as nine rural settlements within the municipal district. The selo of Sadovoye 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
  3. [Google Earth]