Apsheronsky District
Апшеронский район | |
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![]() The Kurdzhips River in the Guam Gorge, Apsheronsky District | |
![]() Location of Apsheronsky District in Krasnodar Krai | |
Coordinates: 44°27′03″N 39°44′33″E / 44.45083°N 39.74250°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Krasnodar Krai[1] |
Established | 2 June 1924![]() |
Administrative center | Apsheronsk[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,443.2 km2 (943.3 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 98,891 |
• Estimate (2018)[3] | 100,714 (+1.8%) |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
• Urban | 67.9% |
• Rural | 32.1% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 2 Towns, 1 Settlement okrugs, 9 Rural okrugs |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 2 cities/towns, 1 Urban-type settlements[4], 49 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Apsheronsky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 3 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ![]() |
OKTMO ID | 03605000 |
Website | http://apsheronsk-oms.ru/ |
Apsheronsky District (Russian: Апшеро́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-eight in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Apsheronsky Municipal District.[5] It is located in the south of the krai. The area of the district is 2,443.2 square kilometers (943.3 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Apsheronsk.[1] Population: 98,685 (2021 Census);[7] 98,891 (2010 Census);[2] 95,048 (2002 Census);[8] 86,059 (1989 Census).[9] The population of Apsheronsk accounts for 40.7% of the district's total population.[2]
Apsheronsk narrow-gauge railway, opened in 1927, is the largest mountain railway of its type in Russia.