Ust-Kansky District (russian: Усть-Ка́нский райо́н, ''Ust'-Kanskiy rayon''; alt, Кан-Оозы аймак, ''Kan-Oozı aymak''; kz, Қан ауданы, ''Qan audanı'') is an administrative
[Law #101-RZ] and municipal
[Law #10-RZ] district (
raion
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), one of the
ten in the
Altai Republic
The Altai Republic (; russian: Респу́блика Алта́й, Respublika Altay, ; Altai: , ''Altay Respublika''), also known as Gorno-Altai Republic, and colloquially, and primarily referred to in Russian to distinguish from the neighbour ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') of
Ust-Kan.
As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 15,007, with the population of Ust-Kan accounting for 27.5% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Ust-Kansky District is one of the
ten in the
Altai Republic
The Altai Republic (; russian: Респу́блика Алта́й, Respublika Altay, ; Altai: , ''Altay Respublika''), also known as Gorno-Altai Republic, and colloquially, and primarily referred to in Russian to distinguish from the neighbour ...
.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ust-Kansky Municipal District.
Both administrative
and municipal
districts are divided into the same eleven
rural settlements, comprising twenty-four
rural localities.
The ''
selo'' of
Ust-Kan serves as the
administrative center
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A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
References
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Districts of the Altai Republic
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