Melekessky District

Melekessky District
Мелекесский район (Russian)

Location of Melekessky District in Ulyanovsk Oblast
Coordinates: 54°14′N 49°35′E / 54.233°N 49.583°E / 54.233; 49.583Coordinates: 54°14′N 49°35′E / 54.233°N 49.583°E / 54.233; 49.583
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Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Ulyanovsk Oblast[1]
Administrative structure (as of July 2012)
Administrative center city of Dimitrovgrad[1]
Administrative divisions:[1]
Settlement okrugs 2
Rural okrugs 6
Inhabited localities:[1]
Urban-type settlements[2] 2
Rural localities 53
Municipal structure (as of July 2012)
Municipally incorporated as Melekessky Municipal District[3]
Municipal divisions:[3]
Urban settlements 2
Rural settlements 6
Statistics
Area 3,472.3 km2 (1,340.7 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 36,718 inhabitants[4]
• Urban 33.0%
• Rural 67.0%
Density 10.57/km2 (27.4/sq mi)[5]
Time zone SAMT (UTC+04:00)[6]
Official website
Melekessky District on WikiCommons

Melekessky District (Russian: Мелеке́сский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,472.3 square kilometers (1,340.7 sq mi). Its administrative center is the city of Dimitrovgrad (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 36,718 (2010 Census);[4] 40,272 (2002 Census);[7] 42,023 (1989 Census).[8]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Melekessky District is one of the twenty-one in the oblast.[1] The city of Dimitrovgrad serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Melekessky Municipal District.[3] The city of oblast significance of Dimitrovgrad is incorporated separately from the district as Dimitrovgrad Urban Okrug.[3]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Law #126-ZO
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #043-ZO
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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.).
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.

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