Petropavlovsky District (russian: Петропа́вловский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #28-ZS] and municipal
[Law #102-ZS] district (
raion
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), one of the
fifty-nine in
Altai Krai
Altai Krai (russian: Алта́йский край, r=Altaysky kray, p=ɐlˈtajskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan Region and Pavlodar ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the southeastern central part of the
krai. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
rural locality (a ''
selo'') of
Petropavlovskoye.
Population: The population of Petropavlovskoye accounts for 21.2% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Altai Krai