Aleutsky District (russian: Алеу́тский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #46 and municipalLaw #238 district (

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) of

Kamchatka Krai Kamchatka Krai ( rus, Камча́тский край, r=Kamchatsky kray, p=kɐmˈtɕatskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), situated in the Russian Far East, and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. Its ...

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, one of the

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in the krai. It is located to the east of the

Kamchatka Peninsula The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and we ...

on the Commander Islands. The area of the district is . The islands consist of Bering Island,

Medny Island Medny Island (russian: о́стров Ме́дный), also spelled ''Mednyy'' or ''Mednyi'', sometimes called Copper Island in English (literally translated from Russian), is the smaller (after Bering Island) of the two main islands in the Com ...

and fifteen much smaller ones, the largest of which are Tufted Puffin Rock, 15 hectares, and Kamen Ariy, which are between 3 km and 13 km west of the only settlement, Nikolskoye. Its

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is the rural locality (a '' selo'') of Nikolskoye. Population: All of the district's population resides in Nikolskoye. *

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– 51.4% *

Aleuts The Aleuts ( ; russian: Алеуты, Aleuty) are the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, which are located between the North Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea. Both the Aleut people and the islands are politically divided between the U ...

– 38.4% *

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– 4.3% * others – 6%

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Commander Islands Districts of Kamchatka Krai Bering Sea