Magdagachinsky District (russian: Магдага́чинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #127-OZ and municipalLaw #477-OZ district (

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), one of the

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Amur Oblast Amur Oblast ( rus, Аму́рская о́бласть, r=Amurskaya oblast, p=ɐˈmurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers in the Russian Far East. The administrative ...

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the urban locality (a work settlement) of

Magdagachi Magdagachi (russian: Магдага́чи) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Magdagachinsky District of Amur Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Blagoveshchensk. Population: History It was establ ...

.According to Law #127-OZ, the administrative-territorial structure of Amur Oblast matches its municipal structure. The laws dealing with the structure of the municipal districts serve as the registries of the inhabited localities of the administrative districts and list their administrative centers. For Magdagachinsky District, Law #477-OZ is used. Population: 26,427 ( 2002 Census); The population of Magdagachi accounts for 48.1% of the district's total population.

Geography

Magdagachinsky District is located on the Amur-Zeya Plain, in the northwest of Amur Oblast. It is on the eastern (left) bank of the

Amur River The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's List of longest rivers, tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China, Northeastern China (Inne ...

. The terrain is flat floodplain or slightly hilly ground between the Amur and the

Zeya River The Zeya (russian: Зе́я; from indigenous Evenki word "djee" (blade); zh, 结雅; mnc, m= , Mölendroff: jingkiri bira) is a northern, left tributary of the Amur in Amur Oblast, Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . The average ...

, which runs in parallel along the district's eastern order about 10 km distant. Both rivers in this area run north to south. The

Amur Highway The Russian route R297 or the Amur Highway (so named after the nearby Amur River) is a federal highway in Russia, part of the Trans-Siberian Highway. With a length of , it is the longest segment, from Chita to Khabarovsk, connecting the paved road ...

runs through the middle of the district, as does the

Trans-Siberian Railway The Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR; , , ) connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over , it is the longest railway line in the world. It runs from the city of Moscow in the west to the city of Vladivostok in the ea ...

. Both highway and railway run through the administrative center of Magdagachi. The district is 240 km north of the regional city of

Blagoveshchensk Blagoveshchensk ( rus, Благове́щенск, p=bləgɐˈvʲeɕːɪnsk, meaning ''City of the Annunciation'') is a city and the administrative center of Amur Oblast, Russia. It is located at the confluence of the Amur and the Zeya Rivers, opp ...

. The area measures 200 km (north-south), and 110 km (west-east); total area is 16667 km2 (about 5% of Amur Oblast). The district is bordered on the north and east by

Zeysky District Zeysky District (russian: Зе́йский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #127-OZ and municipalLaw #73-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Zey ...

, on the southeast by

Shimanovsky District Shimanovsky District (russian: Шимано́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #127-OZ and municipalLaw #12-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is th ...

, on the west by

Skovorodinsky District Skovorodinsky District (russian: Сковородинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #127-OZ and municipalLaw #473-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is . Its administrative cente ...

, and on the southwest by

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