Nazarovsky District (russian: Наза́ровский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #10-4765] and municipal
[Law #13-3113] district (
raion
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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 Si ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the southwest 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 relat ...
and borders with
Achinsky District
Achinsky District (russian: А́чинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3134 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai and borders wi ...
in the north,
Kozulsky District in the east,
Balakhtinsky District in the southeast,
Uzhursky District in the south,
Sharypovsky District in the west, and with
Bogotolsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is .
[Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai]
Information about Nazarovsky District
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 is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Nazarovo (which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 24,265 (
2002 Census);
History
The district was established on April 4, 1924.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Nazarovsky District is one of the
forty-three in the krai.
The town of
Nazarovo 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 is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
, despite being incorporated separately as a
krai town—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
[Law #10-4763] The district is divided into ten
selsoviets.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Nazarovsky Municipal District and is divided into ten rural settlements (corresponding to the administrative district's selsoviets).
The krai town of Nazarovo is incorporated separately from the district as Nazarovo Urban Okrug.
[Law #13-3122]
References
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Districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai
States and territories established in 1924