Nagaybaksky District
Нагайбакский район | |
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![]() Astafyevsky crystal quarry | |
![]() Location of Nagaybaksky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast | |
Coordinates: 53°31′N 59°48′E / 53.517°N 59.800°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Chelyabinsk Oblast[1] |
Administrative center | Fershampenuaz[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 3,022 km2 (1,167 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 20,927 |
• Estimate (2018)[3] | 18,476 (−11.7%) |
• Density | 6.9/km2 (18/sq mi) |
• Urban | 9.5% |
• Rural | 90.5% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Work settlements, 9 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 1 Urban-type settlements[4], 36 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Nagaybaksky Municipal District[1] |
• Municipal divisions[1] | 1 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 ![]() |
OKTMO ID | 75642000 |
Website | http://www.nagaybak.ru/ |
Nagaybaksky District (Russian: Нагайба́кский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.[1] It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,022 square kilometers (1,167 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Fershampenuaz.[1] Population: 20,927 (2010 Russian census);[2] 24,310 (2002 Census);[6] 25,959 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of Fershampenuaz accounts for 20.9% of the district's total population.[2]
The coat of arms and flag of Nagaybaksky District consists of two wheat stalks holding a sword on a blue field, symbolizing an agrarian population serving for the protection of other agrarians from nomads. The blue field symbolizes their Turkic steppe origin.