Klyuchevsky District (russian: Ключе́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #141-ZS district (

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), one of the fifty-nine in

Altai Krai Altai Krai (russian: Алта́йский край, r=Altaysky kray, p=ɐlˈtajskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan Region and Pavlodar ...

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. It is located in the west of the krai. The area of the district is . Its

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is the rural locality (a '' selo'') of

Klyuchi Klyuchi (russian: Ключи; lit. ''springs'') is the name of several rural localities in Russia: * Klyuchi, Kamchatka Krai, a former town in Kamchatka Oblast; since 2004 — a rural locality; since 2007 — in Kamchatka Krai * Klyuchi, Biysky ...

. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 18,267, with the population of Klyuchi accounting for 48.7% of that number.

Geography

Klyuchevsky District is located on the western border Altay Krai, on flat steppe landscape, with 26 significant lakes. There are no major rivers in through the district. 52% of the area is arable land in crops, another 20% used in pasture, and the southwest corner of the district is forested. Klyuchevsky District is about 350 km southwest of the city of

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, 280 km west of the regional city of Barnaul, and 2,600 km east of

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. The area measures 60 km (north–south), and 60 km (west–east); total area is 3,042 km2 (about 2% of Altai Krai). The administrative center is the town of Kluchi in the west-center of the district, on the one major road running north–south through the district. The district is bordered on the north by Kulundinsky District, on the east by

Rodinsky District Rodinsky District (russian: Ро́динский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #34-ZS district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the west of the krai. The area of the district is ...

, on the south by

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, and on the west by Pavlodar Region of

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=January 2013 Districts of Altai Krai