Sovetsky District
Советский район | |
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Coordinates: 51°50′28″N 37°43′07″E / 51.84111°N 37.71861°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kursk Oblast[1] |
Established | 1928 |
Administrative center | Kshensky[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,150 km2 (440 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 19,080 |
• Density | 17/km2 (43/sq mi) |
• Urban | 32.1% |
• Rural | 67.9% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Work settlements, 18 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 1 Urban-type settlements[4], 117 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Sovetsky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 1 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
OKTMO ID | 38636000 |
Website | http://sovetskiyr.rkursk.ru/ |
Sovetsky District (Russian: Сове́тский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,150 square kilometers (440 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Kshensky.[1] Population: 16,348 (2021 Census);[7] 19,080 (2010 Russian census);[3] 23,673 (2002 Census);[8] 28,252 (1989 Soviet census).[9] The population of Kshensky accounts for 34.2% of the district's total population.[3]