Leninsk-Kuznetsky District (russian: Ле́нинск-Кузне́цкий райо́н, ) is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
nineteen in
Kemerovo Oblast
Kemerovo Oblast — Kuzbass (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть — Кузба́сс, translit=Kemerovskaya oblast — Kuzbass, ), also known simply as Kemerovo Oblast (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, label=non ...
,
Russia
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.
[Law #215-OZ] As a
municipal division, it is incorporated as Leninsk-Kuznetsky Municipal District.
[Law #104-OZ] It is located in the west of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
city
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of
Leninsk-Kuznetsky (which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 27,825 (
2002 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Leninsk-Kuznetsky District is one of the
nineteen in the oblast.
The city of
Leninsk-Kuznetsky serves as its
administrative center
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, despite being incorporated separately as a
city under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Leninsk-Kuznetsky Municipal District.
Leninsk-Kuznetsky City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated separately from the district as Leninsk-Kuznetsky Urban Okrug.
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Districts of Kemerovo Oblast
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