Kezhemsky District (russian: Ке́жемский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #10-4765] and municipal
[Law #13-3110] 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
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 ...
,
Russia
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. 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 relate ...
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,
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 Nizh ...
in the east and south, and with
Boguchansky District in the west. The area of the district is .
[Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai]
Information about Kezhemsky District
Its
administrative center
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is the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Kodinsk
Kodinsk (russian: Коди́нск) is a town and the administrative center of Kezhemsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Angara River, north of Krasnoyarsk. Population:
History
It was founded in 1977 as the settlement of Kod ...
.
Population: The population of Kodinsk accounts for 67.2% of the district's total population.
History
The district was founded on July 4, 1928.
Government
As of 2013, the Head of the District and the Chairman of the District Council
is Pavel F. Bezmaternykh.
References
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Districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai
States and territories established in 1928