Kuraginsky District
Kuraginsky District
Курагинский район (Russian) | |
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Landscape in Kuraginsky District | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Kuraginsky District in Krasnoyarsk Krai | |
| Coordinates: 53°53′51″N 92°40′21″E / 53.89750°N 92.67250°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Established | April 4, 1924 |
| Administrative center | Kuragino |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local government |
| • Body | Kuraginsky District Council of Deputies |
| • Head | Yevgeny D. Dmitriyev |
| Area | |
• Total | 24,073 km2 (9,295 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 47,690 |
| • Density | 1.981/km2 (5.131/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 60.3% |
| • Rural | 39.7% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 District towns, 4 Urban-type settlements, 17 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 4 urban-type settlements, 63 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Kuraginsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 5 urban settlements, 17 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4 ) |
| OKTMO ID | 04630000 |
| Website | http://www.kuragino-krsn.ru/ |
Kuraginsky District (Russian: Кура́гинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai and borders with Balakhtinsky, Mansky, Partizansky, and Sayansky Districts in the north, Nizhneudinsky District of Irkutsk Oblast in the northeast, Todzhinsky District of the Tuva Republic in the southeast, Karatuzsky District in the south, Minusinsky District in the southwest, Krasnoturansky District in the west, and with Idrinsky Districts in the northwest. The area of the district is 24,073 square kilometers (9,295 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Kuragino. Population: 47,690 (2010 census); 51,873 (2002 Census); 54,337 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Kuragino accounts for 28.8% of the district's total population.