Magdagachinsky District

Magdagachinsky District
Магдагачинский район (Russian)

Location of Magdagachinsky District in Amur Oblast

Magdagachinkoye Reservoir in Autumn
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Amur Oblast[1]
Administrative structure (as of June 2008)
Administrative center work settlement of Magdagachi[2]
Administrative divisions:[2]
Urban settlements 3
Rural settlements 8
Inhabited localities:[2]
Urban-type settlements[3] 3
Rural localities 18
Municipal structure (as of May 2005)
Municipally incorporated as Magdagachinsky Municipal District[4]
Municipal divisions:[4]
Urban settlements 3
Rural settlements 8
Statistics
Area 16,667 km2 (6,435 sq mi)[5]
Population (2010 Census) 22,671 inhabitants[6]
• Urban 67.7%
• Rural 32.3%
Density 1.36/km2 (3.5/sq mi)[7]
Time zone YAKT (UTC+09:00)[8]
Official website
Magdagachinsky District on WikiCommons

Magdagachinsky District (Russian: Магдагачинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 16,667 square kilometers (6,435 sq mi).[5] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Magdagachi.[2] Population: 22,671 (2010 Census);[6] 26,427 (2002 Census);[9] 33,682 (1989 Census).[10] The population of Magdagachi accounts for 48.1% of the district's total population.[6]

Geography

Magdagachinsky District is located on the Amur-Zeya Plain, in the northwest of Amur Oblast. It is on the eastern (left) bank of the Amur River. The terrain is flat floodplain or slightly hilly ground between the Amur and the Zeya River, which runs in parallel along the district's eastern order about 10 km distant. Both rivers in this area run north to south. The Amur Highway runs through the middle of the district, as does the Trans-Siberian Railway. Both highway and railway run through the administrative center of Magdagachi. The district is 240 km north of the regional city of Blagoveshchensk. The area measures 200 km (north-south), and 110 km (west-east); total area is 16667 km2 (about 5% of Amur Oblast).[5]

The district is bordered on the north and east by Zeysky District, on the southeast by Shimanovsky District, on the west by Skovorodinsky District, and on the southwest by Daxing'anling Prefecture of Heilonjiang Province in China.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Law #127-OZ
  2. 1 2 3 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 Magdagachinsky District, Law #477-OZ is used.
  3. ↑ The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  4. 1 2 3 Law #477-OZ
  5. 1 2 3 "General Information" (in Russian). Magdagachinsky District. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  7. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value is only approximate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  8. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  9. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  10. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

Sources

  • Амурский областной Совет народных депутатов. Закон №127-ОЗ от 23 декабря 2005 г. «О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Амурской области», в ред. Закона №272-ОЗ от 11 ноября 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Амурской области "О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Амурской области"». Вступил в силу со дня первого официального опубликования, за исключением подпункта "б" пункта 2 статьи 7, вступающего в силу с 1 января 2006 г. Опубликован: "Амурская правда", №11, 24 января 2006 г. (Amur Oblast Council of People's Deputies. Law #127-OZ of December 23, 2005 On the Procedures of Handling the Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Amur Oblast, as amended by the Law #272-OZ of November 11, 2013 On Amending the Law of Amur Oblast "On the Procedures of Handling the Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Amur Oblast". Effective as of the day of the first official publication, with the exception of subitem "b" of item 2 of Article 7, which is effective January 1, 2006.).
  • Амурский областной Совет народных депутатов. Закон №477-ОЗ от 12 мая 2005 г. «Об установлении границ и наделении соответствующим статусом муниципального образования Магдагачинского района и муниципальных образований в его составе». Вступил в силу в соответствии со статьёй 3. Опубликован: "Амурская правда", №96, 17 мая 2005 г. (Amur Oblast Council of People's Deputies. Law #477-OZ of May 12, 2005 On Establishing the Borders of and Granting a Corresponding Municipal Formation Status to Magdagachinsky District and to the Municipal Formations It Comprises. Effective as of the date determined in accorrdance with the provisions set forth in Article 3.).

Coordinates: 53°27′00″N 125°48′00″E / 53.4500°N 125.8000°E / 53.4500; 125.8000

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