Volchikhinsky District (russian: Волчихи́нский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #28-ZS] and municipal
[Law #106-ZS] district (
raion
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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 ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the southwest of the
krai. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
rural locality (a ''
selo'') of
Volchikha.
As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 19,703, with the population of Volchikha accounting for 52.8% of that number.
History
The district was established on September 24, 1924 within
Omsk Governorate
Omsk (; rus, Омск, p=omsk) is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia, and has a population of over 1.1 million. Omsk is the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk a ...
and existed until February 1, 1963.
[''Reference Book of the Administrative-Territorial Changes in Altai'', pp. 342 and 347] It was re-established on January 14, 1965.
References
Notes
Sources
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*Исполнительный комитет Алтайского краевого Совета народных депутатов. Архивный отдел. Государственный архив Алтайского края. "Справочник административно-территориальных изменений на Алтае, 1917–1980" (''Reference Book of the Administrative-Territorial Changes in Altai, 1917–1980''). Барнаул, Алтайское книжное издательство, 1987.
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Districts of Altai Krai
States and territories established in 1924
States and territories disestablished in 1963
States and territories established in 1965
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