Neftekumsky District (russian: Нефтеку́мский 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
twenty-six in
Stavropol Krai
Stavropol Krai (russian: Ставропо́льский край, r=Stavropolsky kray, p=stəvrɐˈpolʲskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a Krais of Russia, krai) of Russia. It is geographically located in the North ...
,
Russia
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.
[Resolution #63-p] Municipally, it is incorporated as Neftekumsky Municipal District.
[Law #89-kz] It is located in the east 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 ...
. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
town
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Origin and use
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of
Neftekumsk
Neftekumsk (russian: Нефтеку́мск) is a town and the administrative center of Neftekumsky District in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kuma River, east of Stavropol, the administrative center of the krai. Popul ...
.
Population: 70,902 (
2002 Census);
59,775 (
1989 Census).
The population of Neftekumsk accounts for 40.3% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Stavropol Krai