Motyginsky District (russian: Моты́гинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3137 district (

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), one of the forty-three in

Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Siber ...

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. It is located in the center of 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 ...

and borders with Severo-Yeniseysky District in the north,

Evenkiysky District Evenkiysky District (russian: Эвенки́йский райо́н), or Evenkia (russian: Эвенкия),According to Article 2.4 of the Charter of Evenkiysky Municipal District, the names "Evenkiysky Municipal District" and "Evenkia" have e ...

in the northeast, Boguchansky District in the east, Taseyevsky District in the south, Kazachinsky District in the southwest, and with

Yeniseysky District Yeniseysky District (russian: Енисе́йский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3140 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the west of the krai and borders w ...

in the west. The area of the district is .Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Information about Motyginsky District
Its

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is the urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

) of

Motygino Motygino (russian: Мотыгино) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities * Motygino, Krasnoyarsk Krai, a work settlement in Motyginsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai ;Rural localities * Motygino, Pskov Oblast, ...

. Population: 19,140 ( 2002 Census); The population of Motygino accounts for 36.4% of the district's total population.

Geography

The district is located in the

Angara River The Angara ( Buryat and mn, Ангар, ''Angar'', "Cleft"; russian: Ангара́, ''Angará'') is a major river in Siberia, which traces a course through Russia's Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai. It drains out of Lake Baikal and is ...

valley.

History

The district was founded on July 1, 1931.

Government

As of 2013, the Head of the district and the Chairman of the District Council is Vladimir A. Funk.

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013 Districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai States and territories established in 1931 1931 establishments in the Soviet Union