Nazarovsky District

Nazarovsky District (Russian: Наза́ровский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai and borders with Achinsky District in the north, Kozulsky District in the east, Balakhtinsky District in the southeast, Uzhursky District in the south, Sharypovsky District in the west, and with Bogotolsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 4,230 square kilometers (1,630 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the town of Nazarovo (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[1] Population: 23,547 (2010 Census);^[3] 24,265 (2002 Census);^[6] 21,720 (1989 Soviet census).^[7]

Nazarovsky District Назаровский район
District
Church in Nazarovo, Nazarovsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Nazarovsky District in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Coordinates: 56°00′N 90°23′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Krasnoyarsk Krai[1]
Established	April 4, 1924[2]
Administrative center	Nazarovo[1]
Government
• Type	Local government
• Body	Nazarovsky District Council of Deputies[2]
• Head[2]	Alexander V. Shadrygin[2]
Area [2]
• Total	4,230 km2 (1,630 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	23,547
• Density	5.6/km2 (14/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	10 selsoviet
• Inhabited localities[1]	60 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Nazarovsky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+7 (MSK+4 [5])
OKTMO ID	04637000
Website	http://nazarovo-adm.ru

History

The district was established on April 4, 1924.^[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nazarovsky District is one of the forty-three in the krai.^[1] The town of Nazarovo serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a krai town^[1]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[8] The district is divided into ten selsoviets.^[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Nazarovsky Municipal District and is divided into ten rural settlements (corresponding to the administrative district's selsoviets).^[4] The krai town of Nazarovo is incorporated separately from the district as Nazarovo Urban Okrug.^[9]