Pospelikhinsky District (russian: Поспе́лихинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #49-ZS 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 fifty-nine in Altai Krai,

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

. It is located in the southern central part 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 ...

. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of Pospelikha. Population: The population of Pospelikha accounts for 50.4% of the district's total population.

Geography

Pospelikhinsky District is located in the center of Altai Krai. The terrain is forest-steppe, with relatively flat terrain. Agriculture is supported, as the soils are in places loamy black earth, podzolic, and sandy. The main river through the district is the

Aley River The Aley (russian: Алей) is a river in Altai Krai, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Ob. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Bigger towns along the river are Rubtsovsk and Aleysk. Course The river flows along the Ob Plateau in it ...

, a tributary of the

Ob River } The Ob ( rus, Обь, p=opʲ: Ob') is a major river in Russia. It is in western Siberia; and together with Irtysh forms the world's seventh-longest river system, at . It forms at the confluence of the Biya and Katun which have their origins ...

, which meanders from southwest to northeast through the district. Parallel to the river on the northern edge of the floodplain is Russian federal highway A322 (Barnaul - Rubtsovsk). Pospelikhinsky District is 175 km southwest of the regional city of

Barnaul Barnaul ( rus, Барнау́л, p=bərnɐˈul) is the largest city and administrative centre of Altai Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Barnaulka and Ob Rivers in the West Siberian Plain. As of the 2021 Census, its population was ...

, 80 km northeast of the border with

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

, and 2,800_ km east-southeast of

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

. The area measures 75 km (north-south), and 60 km (west-east); total area is 2,423 km2 (about 1.4% of Altai Krai Oblast). The administrative center is the town of Pospelhika. The district is bordered on the north by Novichikhinsky District, on the east by

Shipunovsky District Shipunovsky District (russian: Шипуно́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #52-ZS district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the center of the krai. The area of the d ...

, on the south by

Kuryinsky District Kuryinsky District (russian: Курьи́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #12-ZS district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the south of the krai. The area of the distri ...

, and on the west by

Rubtsovsky District Rubtsovsky District (russian: Рубцо́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #35-ZS district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai. The area of the d ...

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Pospelikhinsky District on Google MapsPospelikhinsky District on OpenStreetMap
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