Boguchansky District (russian: Богуча́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3104 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 Si ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

. It is located in the east 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 relat ...

and borders with

Evenkiysky District Evenkiysky District (russian: Эвенки́йский райо́н), or Evenkia (russian: Эвенкия),According to Article 2.4 of the Charter of Evenkiysky Municipal District, the names "Evenkiysky Municipal District" and "Evenkia" have e ...

in the north,

Kezhemsky District Kezhemsky District (russian: Ке́жемский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3110 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the east of the krai and borders with ...

in the east,

Irkutsk Oblast Irkutsk Oblast (russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast; bua, Эрхүү можо, Erkhüü mojo) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and N ...

in the southeast, Abansky District in the south, Taseyevsky District in the southwest, and with Motyginsky District in the west. The area of the district is .Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Information about Boguchansky District
Its

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of Boguchany. Population: 50,503 ( 2002 Census); The population of Boguchany accounts for 23.4% of the district's total population.

Geography

The district is situated in the

Angara River The Angara ( Buryat and mn, Ангар, ''Angar'', "Cleft"; russian: Ангара́, ''Angará'') is a major river in Siberia, which traces a course through Russia's Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai. It drains out of Lake Baikal and is ...

basin. From north to south, the district stretches for .

History

The district was founded on July 4, 1927.

Government

The Head of the district is Alexander V. Bakhtin.

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 Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Ort ...

: 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 Mo ...

: 0.7% * Belarusians: 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 ...

: 0.1% In 2009, the rate of the natural decline of the district population was 4.3 persons per 1,000 in 2006, which is in sharp contrast with the krai's average growth of 0.2 persons per 1,000.Агенство труда и занятости населения Красноярского края. Проект переселения «Балахтинский район»
Общая характеристика территории вселения «Балахтинский район»

Economy

Boguchany Dam The Boguchany Dam (russian: Богучанская ГЭС) is a large hydroelectric dam on the Angara River in Kodinsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It has an installed capacity of 2,997 MW. Construction of the power plant was completed when a n ...

, launched in October 2012 * Boguchany Aluminium Smelter, scheduled to open in 2013

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013 Districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai States and territories established in 1927