Zeysky District

Zeysky District (Russian: Зе́йский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 87,486 square kilometers (33,779 sq mi).^[3] Its administrative center is the town of Zeya^[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[1] Population: 16,847 (2010 Census);^[4] 20,827 (2002 Census);^[7] 42,298 (1989 Soviet census).^[8]

Zeysky District Зейский район
District
Urkan River in Zeysky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Zeysky District in Amur Oblast
Coordinates: 54°30′N 128°30′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Amur Oblast[1]
Established	1926
Administrative center	Zeya[2]
Area [3]
• Total	87,486 km2 (33,779 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	16,847
• Density	0.19/km2 (0.50/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	21 Rural settlements
• Inhabited localities[2]	31 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Zeysky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	0 urban settlements, 21 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+9 (MSK+6 [6])
OKTMO ID	10625000

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zeysky District is one of the twenty in the oblast.^[1] The town of Zeya serves as its administrative center,^[2] despite being incorporated separately as an urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zeysky Municipal District.^[5] Zeya Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.^[9]