Kosikhinsky District
Косихинский район | |
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Coordinates: 53°21′36″N 84°35′03″E / 53.36000°N 84.58417°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Altai Krai[1] |
Established | 1924 |
Administrative center | Kosikha[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,877 km2 (725 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 17,927 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 15,931 (−11.1%) |
• Density | 9.6/km2 (25/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 11 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 26 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Kosikhinsky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 [6]) |
OKTMO ID | 01618000 |
Website | www.altairegion22.ru |
Kosikhinsky District (Russian: Коси́хинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the krai. The area of the district is 1,877 square kilometers (725 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kosikha.[1] Population: 17,927 (2010 Census);[3] 20,494 (2002 Census);[7] 21,863 (1989 Census).[8] The population of the administrative center accounts for 29.2% of the district's total population.[3]