Blagoveshchensky District () is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #16-ZS district (

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is c ...

), one of the fifty-nine in

Altai Krai Altai Krai (, ) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders, clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan ( East Kazakhstan Region, Abai Region and Pavlodar Region), Novosibirsk and Kemerovo, and the Altai Republic. The krai's administrative ce ...

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. It is located in the west of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

administrative center An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...

is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Blagoveshchenka. Population: The population of Blagoveshchenka accounts for 37.8% of the district's total population.

Geography

Blagoveshchensky District is located in the northwest of Altai Krai, on flat terrain of the

Kulunda Steppe The Kulunda Steppe or Kulunda Plain (, , ''Qūlyndy dalasy'') is an alluvial plain in Russia and Kazakhstan. It is an important agricultural region in Western Siberia. Geography The steppe is located between the Ob River, Ob and Irtysh rivers in ...

of the

West Siberian Plain The West Siberian Plain () is a large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia, between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisei, Yenisei River in the east, and the Altai Mountains on the southeast. Much of the plain is poorly d ...

. Much of the western border of the district is the shore of

Lake Kulunda Lake Kulunda or Kulundinskoye () is a lake in the southern part of the West Siberian Plain, Altai Krai, south-central Russia. The Kulunda (river), Kulunda and Suetka rivers flow into the lake, which is connected by a channel with Lake Kuchuk to ...

. There are over 20 bitter-salty and freshwater lakes in the district.

Lake Kuchuk Lake Kuchuk or Kuchukskoye () is a bittern salt lake in the southern part of the West Siberian Plain, Blagoveshchensky District, Altai Krai, south-central Russia. Its waters are briny, containing sodium sulphate. The northern end of the lake is ...

, the second largest lake, has mineral salts and medicinal muds.

Bauzhansor Bauzhansor () or Baudzhansor () is a salt lake in Blagoveshchensky District, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.Google Earth The lake is located in the western part of the Krai. The nearest inhabited places are Yagotinskaya, Telmansky and Yelizave ...

lies to the WSW and Zhigilda close to its northern end. The Kulunda River flows in a wide, waterlogged plain from east to west across the north of the district, before emptying into Lake Kulunda. The soils are brown soils and southern black soils, with large deposits of clay, gravel, and sand. Agriculture is supported on rectangular plots, covering 68.3% of the district. Blagoveshchensky District is 210 km west of the regional city of

Barnaul Barnaul (, ) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative centre of Altai Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Barnaulka and Ob (river), Ob rivers in the West Siberian Plain. As of the Russian Censu ...

, and 2,650 km east of

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

. The area measures 55 km (north-south), and 85 km (west-east); total area is 3,700 km2 (about 2% of Altai Krai). The administrative center is the town of Blagoveshchenka. The district is bordered on the north by

Suyetsky District Suyetsky District () is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #17-ZS district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the krai. The area of the district is . Its administrative center An a ...

, on the northeast by

Bayevsky District Bayevsky District () is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #36-ZS district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the krai. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the ...

, on the east by Zavyalovsky District, on the south by Rodinsky District, and on the west by

Kulundinsky District Kulundinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #66-ZS district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the west of the krai. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the r ...

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