Yurginsky District () is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
nineteen in
Kemerovo Oblast
Kemerovo Oblast (, ), also known as Kuzbass (, ), after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Kemerovo is the administrative center and largest city of the oblast. Kemerovo Oblast is one of Rus ...
,
Russia
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.
[Law #215-OZ] As a
municipal division, it is incorporated as Yurginsky Municipal District.
[Law #104-OZ] It is located in the northwest 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
town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
of
Yurga
Yurga () is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Tom River and the Trans-Siberian Railway. Population:
History
It was founded in 1886. Work settlement status was granted to it in 1942; town status was granted in 1949.
Administr ...
(which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 22,779 (
2002 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Yurginsky District is one of the
nineteen in the oblast.
The town of
Yurga
Yurga () is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Tom River and the Trans-Siberian Railway. Population:
History
It was founded in 1886. Work settlement status was granted to it in 1942; town status was granted in 1949.
Administr ...
serves as 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 ...
, despite being incorporated separately as a
town under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Yurginsky Municipal District.
Yurga Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated separately from the district as Yurginsky Urban Okrug.
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Districts of Kemerovo Oblast