Tikhoretsky District (russian: Тихоре́цкий райо́н) is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
thirty-eight in
Krasnodar Krai
Krasnodar Krai (russian: Краснода́рский край, r=Krasnodarsky kray, p=krəsnɐˈdarskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and administratively a part of t ...
,
Russia
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.
[Reference Information #34.01-707/13-03] As a
municipal division, it is incorporated as Tikhoretsky Municipal District.
[Law #711-KZ] It is located in the northeastern 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 relate ...
. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Tikhoretsk
Tikhoretsk (russian: Тихоре́цк) is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is the administrative center of the Tikhoretsky urban settlement and the Tikhoretsky District of the Krasnodar Territory. Population: 57,098 (2020),
Administrative ...
(which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population:
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Tikhoretsky District is one of the
thirty-eight in the krai.
The town of
Tikhoretsk
Tikhoretsk (russian: Тихоре́цк) is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is the administrative center of the Tikhoretsky urban settlement and the Tikhoretsky District of the Krasnodar Territory. Population: 57,098 (2020),
Administrative ...
serves as its
administrative center
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, despite being incorporated separately as an
administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts (and which, in addition to Tikhoretsk, also includes two rural localities).
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tikhoretsky Municipal District, with the Town of Tikhoretsk being incorporated within it as Tikhoretskoye Urban Settlement.
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Districts of Krasnodar Krai
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