Aleysky District

Aleysky District (Russian: Але́йский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the center of the krai. The area of the district is 3,400 square kilometers (1,300 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the town of Aleysk (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[1] Population: 16,800 (2010 Census);^[3] 20,474 (2002 Census);^[6] 21,510 (1989 Soviet census).^[7]

Aleysky District Алейский район
District
Route A349 in Aleysky District
Coat of arms
Location of Aleysky District in Altai Krai
Coordinates: 52°30′N 82°47′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Altai Krai[1]
Established	1924
Administrative center	Aleysk[1]
Area [2]
• Total	3,400 km2 (1,300 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	16,800
• Density	4.9/km2 (13/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	19 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[1]	43 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Aleysky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 urban settlements, 19 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+7 (MSK+4 [5])
OKTMO ID	01601000
Website	http://www.aladm.ru/

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Aleysky District is one of the fifty-nine in the krai.^[1] The town of Aleysk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of krai significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Aleysky Municipal District.^[4] The town of krai significance of Aleysk is incorporated separately from the district as Aleysk Urban Okrug.^[8]

Geography

Lakes Sredneye and Bakhmatovskoye are located in the district.^[9][10]