Mezhdurechensky District (russian: Междуре́ченский 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 ...
), 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] It is located in the southeast of the
oblast
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. Its
administrative center
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is the
city
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of
Mezhdurechensk
Mezhdurechensk (russian: Междуреченск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
;Urban localities
*Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo Oblast, a city in Kemerovo Oblast; administratively incorporated as a city under oblast jurisd ...
(which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 2,658 (
2002 Census).
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Mezhdurechensky District is one of the
nineteen in the oblast.
The city of
Mezhdurechensk
Mezhdurechensk (russian: Междуреченск) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
;Urban localities
*Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo Oblast, a city in Kemerovo Oblast; administratively incorporated as a city under oblast jurisd ...
serves as its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
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, despite being incorporated separately as a
town under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the territory of the administrative district and the territory of Mezhdurechensk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction are incorporated together as
Mezhdurechensky Urban Okrug
Mezhdurechensky Urban Okrug (russian: Междуре́ченский городско́й о́круг) is a municipal formation (an urban okrug) in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia,Law #104-OZ one of the sixteen urban okrugs in the oblast. Its territo ...
.
[Law #104-OZ]
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Districts of Kemerovo Oblast
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