Zeysky District Explained

En Name:Zeysky District
Ru Name:Зейский район
Image View:River in zeysky district amur.jpg
Coordinates:54.5°N 158°W
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Zeisky rayon (Amur oblast).png
Federal Subject:Amur Oblast
Adm Data As Of:November 2014
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Zeya
Selsoviet Type1:Rural settlements
No Of Selsoviets Type1:21
No Of Rural Localities:31
Mun Data As Of:November 2014
Mun Formation1:Zeysky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:0
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:21
Area Km2:87486
Area Km2 Ref:[1]
Pop 2010Census:16847
Urban Pop 2010Census:0%
Rural Pop 2010Census:100%
Date:August 2011

Zeysky District (Russian: Зе́йский райо́н) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 87486km2.[1] Its administrative center is the town of Zeya[4] (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 20,827 (2002 Census);

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zeysky District is one of the twenty in the oblast. The town of Zeya serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zeysky Municipal District. Zeya Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Descriptive Statistics - Zeysky. Federal State Statistics Service, Russian Federation. ru. July 2, 2016.
  2. Law #127-OZ
  3. Law #73-OZ
  4. According to Law #127-OZ, the administrative-territorial structure of Amur Oblast matches its municipal structure. The laws dealing with the structure of the municipal districts serve as the registries of the inhabited localities of the administrative districts and list their administrative centers. For Zeysky District, Law #73-OZ is used.
  5. Law #407-OZ