Novokuznetsky District (russian: Новокузне́цкий райо́н) is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
nineteen in
Kemerovo Oblast,
Russia
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.
[Law #215-OZ] As a
municipal division, it is incorporated as Novokuznetsky Municipal District.
[Law #104-OZ] It is located in the center of the
oblast
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and spans it from border to border in the southwest-northeast direction. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
city
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of
Novokuznetsk (which is not administratively a part of the district).
As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 50,681.
History
On March 19, 2007 a
massive methane explosion ripped through the Ulyanovskaya mine in Novokuznetsky District killing over a hundred people. The mine was the largest coal producing center in Kemerovo Oblast. It is the deadliest mining accident in recent history.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Novokuznetsky District is one of the
nineteen in the oblast.
The city of
Novokuznetsk serves as its
administrative center
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, despite being incorporated separately as a
city under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Novokuznetsky Municipal District.
Novokuznetsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated separately from the district as Novokuznetsky Urban Okrug.
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Districts of Kemerovo Oblast