Chastinsky District (russian: Частинский райо́н) is an administrative 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 co ...
) of
Perm Krai
Perm Krai (russian: Пе́рмский край, r=Permsky kray, p=ˈpʲɛrmskʲɪj ˈkraj, ''Permsky krai'', , ''Perem lador'') is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 refe ...
,
Russia
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; one of the
thirty-three in 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 ...
.
[Law #416-67] Municipally, it is incorporated as Chastinsky Municipal District.
[Law #1726-351] It is located in the southwest of the krai. The area of the district is .
[Encyclopedia of Perm Krai]
Entry on Chastinsky District
Its
administrative center
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is the
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') of
Chastye.
Population: The population of Chastye accounts for 37.9% of the district's total population.
Geography and climate
About 34% of the district's area is forested; the forests are mostly coniferous.
Natural resources include oil and peat.
Climate is temperate continental.
History
The district was established on January 13, 1924, although its borders kept changing until December 30, 1968.
In 1931–1935, the district was merged into
Osinsky District.
Demographics
As of the 2002 Census,
Russians
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118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 ''Winkler Prins'' estimate)
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, at 96.4%, are the dominant ethnicity in the district.
Economy
The economy of the district is mainly agricultural.
References
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Districts of Perm Krai
States and territories established in 1924
States and territories disestablished in 1931
States and territories established in 1935