Tyukhtetsky District (russian: Тюхте́тский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #10-4765] and municipal
[Law #13-3119] district (
raion
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), one of the
forty-three 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
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. 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
Yeniseysky District
Yeniseysky District (russian: Енисе́йский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3140 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the west of the krai and borders w ...
in the north,
Birilyussky and
Bolsheuluysky Districts in the east,
Bogotolsky District in the south, and with
Kemerovo and
Tomsk Oblast
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s in the west. The area of the district is .
[Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai]
Information about Tyukhtetsky 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
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') of
Tyukhtet.
Population: 10,386 (
2002 Census);
The population of Tyukhtet accounts for 54.1% of the district's total population.
History
The district was founded on May 25, 1925.
Government
As of 2013, the Head of the district is Gennady P. Dzalba and the Chairman of the District Council is Viktor S. Petrovich.
References
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Districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai
States and territories established in 1925