Manturovsky District () is an administrative
[Resolution #489] and municipal
[Law #48-ZKO] 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
twenty-eight in
Kursk Oblast
Kursk Oblast (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Kursk. As of the 2021 Russian census, 2021 census, Kursk Oblast had a pop ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the southeast of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located.
In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the
rural locality (a ''
selo'') of
Manturovo.
Population: 16,758 (
2002 Census);
The population of Manturovo accounts for 19.3% of the district's total population.
Geography
Manturovsky District is located in the southeast region of Kursk Oblast, on the border with
Belgorod Oblast
Belgorod Oblast () is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Belgorod. , the population is 1,540,486.
History
During the Princely ...
. The terrain is hilly plain in the
Central Russian Upland
The Central Russian Upland (also: Middle Russian Upland () and East European Upland) is an upland area of the East European Plain and is an undulating plateau with an average elevation of . Its highest peak is measured at . The southeastern porti ...
. The main rivers in the district are the
Seym River
The Seym or Seim (; ) is a river that flows westward in Russia and Ukraine. It is long (250 km within Ukraine) and its basin area about . It is the largest tributary of the Desna (river), Desna.
Places on the river include Kursk, Kurchatov, Rus ...
- which from the district flows west to the
Dnieper River
The Dnieper or Dnepr ( ), also called Dnipro ( ), is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. Approximately long, with ...
basin - and the
Oskol River
The Oskil or Oskol (; ) is a south-flowing river in Russia and Ukraine. It arises roughly between Kursk and Voronezh and flows south to join the Donets, Siverskyi Donets which flows southeast to join the Don (river), Don. It is long, with a dra ...
which flows south to the
Don River, Russia
The Don () is the fifth-longest river in Europe. Flowing from Central Russia to the Sea of Azov in Southern Russia, it is one of Russia's largest rivers and played an important role for traders from the Byzantine Empire.
Its basin is betwee ...
basin). The district is 60 km southeast of the city of
Kursk
Kursk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur (Kursk Oblast), Kur, Tuskar, and Seym (river), Seym rivers. It has a population of
Kursk ...
, 110 km west of the city of
Voronezh
Voronezh ( ; , ) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the Southeastern Railway, which connects wes ...
, and 480 km south of
Moscow
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...
. The area measures 25 km (north-south), and 45 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Manturovo.
The district is bordered on the north by
Timsky District, on the east by
Gorshechensky District, on the south by
Gubkinsky District
Gubkinsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Russia.Law #248 It is located in the north of the oblast. Its administrative center is the town of Gubkin (which is not administratively a part ...
of Belgorod Oblast, and on the west by
Solntsevsky District.
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External links
Manturovsky District on Google MapsManturovsky District on OpenStreetMap
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Districts of Kursk Oblast