Kishertsky District (russian: Кише́ртский 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 Kishertsky Municipal District.
[Law #1723-350] It is located in the southeast of the krai. The area of the district is .
[Encyclopedia of Perm Krai]
Entry on Kishertsky District
Its
administrative center
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is the
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') of
Ust-Kishert.
Population: The population of Ust-Kishert accounts for 32.9% of the district's total population.
Geography and climate
The district stretches for from north to south and for from east to west.
Annual
precipitation
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is .
History
The district was created on January 15, 1924 as Ust-Kishertsky District () of
Kungur Okrug of
Ural Oblast
The Ural Oblast (russian: Уральская область) was an oblast of the RSFSR within the USSR. It was created November 3, 1923 by the merger of Perm, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk and Tyumen Governorates. The capital of the oblast was Sv ...
.
It was renamed Kishertsky District on September 30, 1925.
Demographics
The most numerous ethnic groups, according to the 2002 Census, include
Russians
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at 94.7% and
Tatars
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different at 3%.
Economy
The economy of the district is based on agriculture, mining, forestry, and food industries.
References
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Districts of Perm Krai
States and territories established in 1924