Arkharinsky District (russian: Архаринский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #127-OZ] and municipal
[Law #91-OZ] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty
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Music
Albums
* ''20'' (2nd Chapter of Acts album), 1992
* ''20'' (Cunter album), 2011
* ''20'' (Dr ...
in
Amur Oblast
Amur Oblast ( rus, Аму́рская о́бласть, r=Amurskaya oblast, p=ɐˈmurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers in the Russian Far East. The administrative ...
,
Russia
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
urban locality (a
work settlement) of
Arkhara
Arkhara (russian: Архара) is an Urban-type settlement and the administrative center of the Arkharinsky District in Amur Oblast, Russia. It is located at the junction of the Transbaikal Railway and the Far Eastern Railway
Far Eastern Rail ...
.
[According to Law #127-OZ, the administrative-territorial structure of Amur Oblast matches its municipal structure. The laws dealing with the structure of the municipal districts serve as the registries of the inhabited localities of the administrative districts and list their administrative centers. For Arkharinsky District, Law #91-OZ is used.] Population: 21,068 (
2002 Census);
The population of Arkhara accounts for 55.8% of the district's total population.
Geography
There is a wide
floodplain
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by the
Amur River
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in the district, to the northeast there is a terraced lowland plain, followed by the hills and plains of the
Arkhara River
Arkhara (russian: Архара) is an Urban-type settlement and the administrative center of the Arkharinsky District in Amur Oblast, Russia. It is located at the junction of the Transbaikal Railway and the Far Eastern Railway
Far Eastern Rail ...
basin, a tributary of the Amur River. To the north rises the southern end of the
Turan Range
The Turan Range (russian: Хребет Тура̀на) is a range of mountains in far North-eastern Russia. Administratively it belongs partly to Amur Oblast and partly to the Khabarovsk Krai of the Russian Federation. History
The range was forme ...
.
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Districts of Amur Oblast