Ust-Koksinsky District Explained

En Name:Ust-Koksinsky District
Ru Name:Усть-Коксинский район
Loc Name1:Кӧк-Суу Оозы аймак
Loc Lang1:Altai
Image View:Jezero Akkem a masív Běluchy.jpg
Coordinates:51.95°N 142°W
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Ust-Koksinsky District (2019).png
Federal Subject:Altai Republic
Adm Data As Of:October 2015
Adm Ctr Type:selo
Adm Ctr Name:Ust-Koksa
Selsoviet Type1:Rural settlements
No Of Selsoviets Type1:9
No Of Rural Localities:42
Mun Data As Of:March 2015
Mun Formation1:Ust-Koksinsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:0
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:9
Area Km2:12960
Pop 2010Census:17020
Urban Pop 2010Census:0%
Rural Pop 2010Census:100%
Established Date:October 19, 1923
Prev Name1:Uymonsky District
Prev Name1 Date:April 10, 1933
Website:http://www.altay-ust-koksa.ru
Date:June 2017
Population of Ust-Koksinsky District
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:17,020
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:17,481
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:16,734
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:16,367

Ust-Koksinsky District (Russian: Усть-Ко́ксинский райо́н; Southern Altai: Кӧк-Суу Оозы аймак, Kök-Suu Oozı aymak) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the ten in the Altai Republic, Russia. It is located in the west and southwest of the republic. The area of the district is 12960km2.[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Ust-Koksa. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 17,020, with the population of Ust-Koksa accounting for 25.7% of that number.

History

The district was established on October 19, 1923 as Uymonsky District (Russian: Уймонский район)[4] within Oirot Autonomous Oblast.[5] It was given its present name on April 10, 1933.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ust-Koksinsky District is one of the ten in the Altai Republic. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ust-Koksinsky Municipal District. Both administrative and municipal districts are divided into the same nine rural settlements, comprising forty-two rural localities. The selo of Ust-Koksa serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal districts.

Nature reserves

The district is home to two nature reserves: Katunsky State Natural Biosphere Reserve[6] and Belukha Nature Park.

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Law #101-RZ
  2. Law #10-RZ
  3. Web site: History of Ust-Koksinsky District. Ust-Koksinsky District. ru. June 30, 2017.
  4. Reference Book of the Administrative-Territorial Changes in Altai, p. 345
  5. Reference Book of the Administrative-Territorial Changes in Altai, p. 345
  6. Wild-Russia.org. Katunsky Zapovednik