Balakhtinsky District (russian: Балахти́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3005 district (

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), one of the forty-three in

Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Siber ...

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. It is located in the southwest of the

krai A krai or kray (; russian: край, , ''kraya'') is one of the types of federal subjects of modern Russia, and was a type of geographical administrative division in the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR. Etymologically, the word is relate ...

and borders with Kozulsky and Yemelyanovsky Districts in the north, Beryozovsky District in the northeast, Mansky District in the east,

Kuraginsky District Kuraginsky District (russian: Кура́гинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3009 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai and bo ...

in the southeast, Idrinsky, Krasnoturansky, and

Novosyolovsky District Novosyolovsky District (russian: Новосёловский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3001 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai a ...

s in the south,

Uzhursky District Uzhursky District (russian: Ужу́рский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3028 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai and borders wi ...

in the west, and with

Nazarovsky District Nazarovsky District (russian: Наза́ровский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3113 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai and bor ...

in the northwest. The area of the district is .Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Information about Balakhtinsky District
Its

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

is the urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

) of Balakhta. Population: 25,518 ( 2002 Census); The population of Balakhta accounts for 35.3% of the district's total population.

Geography

The district is situated in the valley between the Chulym and

Yenisei River The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas: Ким суғ, ''Kim suğ''; Ket: Ӄук ...

History

The district was founded on April 4, 1924.

Government

As of 2013, the Head of the district is Nikolay M. Yurtayev.

Demographics

As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic composition of the population was as follows: *

Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 ''Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...

: 86.4% *

Germans , native_name_lang = de , region1 = , pop1 = 72,650,269 , region2 = , pop2 = 534,000 , region3 = , pop3 = 157,000 3,322,405 , region4 = , pop4 = ...

: 6.3% * Chuvash: 1.8% *

Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian. The majority ...

: 1.4% *

Mordvins The Mordvins (also Unified Mordvin people, Mordvinians, Mordovians; russian: мордва, Mordva, Mordvins (no equivalents in Moksha and Erzya)) is an obsolete but official term used in the Russian Federation to refer both to Erzyas and Moksh ...

: 0.7% *

Belarusians , native_name_lang = be , pop = 9.5–10 million , image = , caption = , popplace = 7.99 million , region1 = , pop1 = 600,000–768,000 , region2 = , pop2 ...

: 0.6% *

Tatars The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

: 0.5% *

Khakas The Khakas (also spelled Khakass; Khakas: , ''khakas'', , ''tadar'', , ''khakastar'', , ''tadarlar'') are a Turkic indigenous people of Siberia, who live in the republic of Khakassia, Russia. They speak the Khakas language. The Khakhassian p ...

: 0.1% The rate of the natural decline of the district population was 4.3 persons per 1,000 in 2009, which is in sharp contrast to the krai's average increase of 0.2 persons per 1,000.Агенство труда и занятости населения Красноярского края. Проект переселения «Балахтинский район»
Общая характеристика территории вселения «Балахтинский район»

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013 Districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai States and territories established in 1924