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Georgiyevsky District (russian: Гео́ргиевский райо́н) is an administrative district (
Georgiyevsky District (russian: Гео́ргиевский 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 ...
), one of the twenty-six in Stavropol Krai
Stavropol Krai (russian: Ставропо́льский край, r=Stavropolsky kray, p=stəvrɐˈpolʲskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a Krais of Russia, krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the North ...
, Russia
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.Resolution #63-p It is located in the south 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 ...
. The area of the district is . Its administrative center
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is the town
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Origin and use
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of Georgiyevsk
Georgiyevsk (russian: Гео́ргиевск) ( os, Гуым) is a historical town in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located in the North Caucasus on submontane tableland on the right bank of the Podkumok River (a tributary of the Kuma River), southe ...
(which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 91,371 ( 2002 Census); 64,965 ( 1989 Census).
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Georgiyevsky District is one of the twenty-six in the krai. The town ofGeorgiyevsk
Georgiyevsk (russian: Гео́ргиевск) ( os, Гуым) is a historical town in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located in the North Caucasus on submontane tableland on the right bank of the Podkumok River (a tributary of the Kuma River), southe ...
serves as its administrative center
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A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
, despite being incorporated separately as a town of krai significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Georgiyevsky Municipal District.Law #89-kz The town of krai significance of Georgiyevsk is incorporated separately from the district as Georgiyevsk Urban Okrug.Law #88-kz
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