Uglovsky District (russian: Угло́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #87-ZS district (

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), one of the fifty-nine in

Altai Krai Altai Krai (russian: Алта́йский край, r=Altaysky kray, p=ɐlˈtajskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan Region and Pavlodar ...

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. It is located in the southwest 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

Uglovskoye Uglovskoye (russian: Угловское) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Uglovsky District of Altai Krai, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontine ...

. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 13,888, with the population of Uglovskoye accounting for 31.5% of that number.

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=January 2013 Districts of Altai Krai 1924 establishments in Russia