Novokuznetsky District

Novokuznetsky District (Russian: Новокузне́цкий райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.^[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Novokuznetsky Municipal District.^[4] It is located in the center of the oblast and spans it from border to border in the southwest-northeast direction. The area of the district is 13,039.5989 square kilometers (5,034.6173 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the city of Novokuznetsk (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 50,681.^[3]

Novokuznetsky District Новокузнецкий район
District
The Bolshoy Tesh River valley in Novokuznetsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Novokuznetsky District in Kemerovo Oblast
Coordinates: 53°45′N 87°07′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kemerovo Oblast[1]
Established	4 September 1924
Administrative center	Novokuznetsk[1]
Area [2]
• Total	13,039.5989 km2 (5,034.6173 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	50,681
• Estimate  (January 2014)[2]	51,082
• Density	3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	6 rural territorie
• Inhabited localities[1]	134 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Novokuznetsky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+7 (MSK+4 [5])
OKTMO ID	32619000
Website	http://admnkr.ru

Population of Novokuznetsky District

2010 Census	50,681[3]
2002 Census	50,812[6]
1989 Census	39,436[7]
1979 Census	44,532[8]

History

On March 19, 2007 a massive methane explosion ripped through the Ulyanovskaya mine in Novokuznetsky District killing over a hundred people. The mine was the largest coal producing center in Kemerovo Oblast. It is the deadliest mining accident in recent history.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Novokuznetsky District is one of the nineteen in the oblast.^[1] The city of Novokuznetsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Novokuznetsky Municipal District.^[4] Novokuznetsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated separately from the district as Novokuznetsky Urban Okrug.^[4]

References

Notes

1. Law #215-OZ
2. "Statistics on the Municipal Formations of Kemerovo Oblast" (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
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.
4. Law #104-OZ
5. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
6. 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).
7. 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]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
8. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.

Sources

• Совет народных депутатов Кемеровской области. Закон №215-ОЗ от 27 декабря 2007 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Кемеровской области», в ред. Закона №131-ОЗ от 22 декабря 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Кемеровской области "О статусе и границах муниципальных образований" и Закон Кемеровской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Кемеровской области"». Вступил в силу в день, следующий за днём официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Кузбасс", №243, 28 декабря 2007 г. (Council of People's Deputies of Kemerovo Oblast. Law #215-OZ of December 27, 2007 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kemerovo Oblast, as amended by the Law #131-OZ of December 22, 2014 On Amending the Law of Kemerovo Oblast "On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations" and the Law of Kemerovo Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kemerovo Oblast". Effective as of the day following the official publication date.).
• Совет народных депутатов Кемеровской области. Закон №104-ОЗ от 17 декабря 2004 г. «О статусе и границах муниципальных образований», в ред. Закона №123-ОЗ от 22 декабря 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Кемеровской области "О статусе и границах муниципальных образований"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Кузбасс", №242, 24 декабря 2004 г. (Council of People's Deputies of Chelyabinsk Oblast. Law #104-OZ of December 17, 2004 On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations, as amended by the Law #123-OZ of December 22, 2015 On Amending the Law of Kemerovo Oblast "On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations". Effective as of the official publication date.).