Topchikhinsky District (russian: Топчи́хинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #53-ZS district (

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), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai,

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. It is located in the center of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of

Topchikha Topchikha (russian: Топчиха) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Topchikhinsky District of Altai Krai, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Eur ...

. Population: The population of Topchikha accounts for 37.8% of the district's total population.

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