Uzhursky District (russian: Ужу́рский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3028 district (

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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 Siber ...

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. It is located in the southwest of the

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and borders with Nazarovsky District in the north, Balakhtinsky District in the east,

Novosyolovsky District Novosyolovsky District (russian: Новосёловский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3001 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai a ...

in the southeast, the

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in the south, and with

Sharypovsky District Sharypovsky District (russian: Шары́повский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #14-3185 district (raion), one of the forty-three districts in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the ...

in the west and northwest. The area of the district is .Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Information about Uzhursky District
Its

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is the

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of Uzhur. Population: 36,169 ( 2002 Census); The population of Uzhur accounts for 47.7% of the district's total population.

History

The district was founded on April 4, 1924.

Government

As of 2013, the Head of the District and the Chairman of the District Council is Gazilya N. Kuznetsova.

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013 Districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai States and territories established in 1924