Sharypovsky District (russian: Шары́повский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #10-4765] and municipal
[Law #14-3185] 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
forty-three districts 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
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 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
Bogotolsky District in the north,
Nazarovsky and
Uzhursky Districts in the east, the
Republic of Khakassia
Khakassia (russian: Хакасия; kjh, Хакасия, Хакас Чирі, ''Khakasiya'', ''Khakas Çiri''), officially the Republic of Khakassia (russian: Республика Хакасия, r=Respublika Khakasiya, ; kjh, Хакас Рес ...
in the south and southwest, and with
Kemerovo Oblast
Kemerovo Oblast — Kuzbass (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть — Кузба́сс, translit=Kemerovskaya oblast — Kuzbass, ), also known simply as Kemerovo Oblast (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, label=non ...
in the west and northwest. The area of the district is .
[Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai]
Information about Sharypovsky 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
Sharypovo Sharypovo (russian: Шарыпово) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
Modern localities
;Urban localities
* Sharypovo, Krasnoyarsk Krai, a town in Krasnoyarsk Krai
;Rural localities
* Sharypovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, a vi ...
(which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population:
History
The district was founded on July 2, 1940.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Sharypovsky District is one of the
forty-three in the krai.
The town of
Sharypovo Sharypovo (russian: Шарыпово) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
Modern localities
;Urban localities
* Sharypovo, Krasnoyarsk Krai, a town in Krasnoyarsk Krai
;Rural localities
* Sharypovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, a vi ...
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 seven
selsoviets.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sharypovsky Municipal District and is divided into seven rural settlements (corresponding to the administrative district's selsoviets).
The krai town of Sharypovo is incorporated separately from the district as Sharypovo Urban Okrug.
[Law #13-3131]
Paleontology
A species
Sineleutherus issedonicus was described by A. O. Averianov, A. V. Lopatin and S. A. Krasnolutskii in
2011. It lived in what is now Sharypovsky District (
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
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 ...
) during the middle Jurassic (
Bathonian
In the geologic timescale the Bathonian is an age and stage of the Middle Jurassic. It lasted from approximately 168.3 Ma to around 166.1 Ma (million years ago). The Bathonian Age succeeds the Bajocian Age and precedes the Callovian Age.
Str ...
age); its fossils were collected from the upper part of the
Itat Formation
The Itat Formation ( Russian: итатская свита) is a geologic formation in western Siberia. It was deposited in the Bajocian to Bathonian ages of the Middle Jurassic. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from ...
.
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Districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai
States and territories established in 1940