Yeniseysky District (russian: Енисе́йский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3140 district (

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is c ...

), 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 ...

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. It is located in the west of the

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and borders with Turukhansky and

Evenkiysky District Evenkiysky District (russian: Эвенки́йский райо́н), or Evenkia (russian: Эвенкия),According to Article 2.4 of the Charter of Evenkiysky Municipal District, the names "Evenkiysky Municipal District" and "Evenkia" have e ...

s in the north, Severo-Yeniseysky and

Motyginsky District Motyginsky District (russian: Моты́гинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3137 district ( raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the center of the krai and bord ...

s in the east,

Kazachinsky District Kazachinsky District (russian: Каза́чинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3013 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of ...

in the southeast, Pirovsky, Birilyussky, and

Tyukhtetsky District Tyukhtetsky District (russian: Тюхте́тский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3119 district ( raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai and bo ...

s in the southwest,

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in the west, and with

Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra (Russian and Mansi: Ханты-Мансийский автономный округ — Югра, ''Khanty-Mansiysky avtonomny okrug — Yugra;'' Khanty: Хӑнты-Мансийской Aвтономной ...

in the northwest. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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Yeniseysk Yeniseysk ( rus, Енисейск, p=jɪnʲɪˈsʲejsk) is a town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River. Population: 20,000 (1970). History Yeniseysk was founded in 1619 as a stockaded town—the first town on the Yenise ...

(which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 31,315 ( 2002 Census);

History

The district was founded on April 4, 1924.Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Information about Yeniseysky District

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yeniseysky District is one of the forty-three in the krai. The town of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a krai town—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #10-4763 The district is divided into one

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

(

Podtyosovo Podtyosovo (russian: Подтёсово) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Yeniseysky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe ...

) and twenty-five

selsoviet Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selsovet; uk, сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council and for the area governed by such a cou ...

s. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Yeniseysky Municipal District and is divided into one urban settlement (corresponding to the administrative district's urban-type settlement of Podtyosovo) and twenty-five rural settlements (corresponding to the administrative district's selsoviets). The krai town of Yeniseysk is incorporated separately from the district as Yeniseysk Urban Okrug.Law #12-2378

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