Achinsky District (Russian: А́чинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the forty-threeinKrasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai and borders with Bolsheuluysky District in the north, Kozulsky District in the east, Nazarovsky District in the south, and with Bogotolsky District in the west. The area of the district is 2,534 square kilometers (978 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the cityofAchinsk (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 15,870 (2010 Russian census);[4] 14,904 (2002 Census);[7] 15,597 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Achinsky District
Ачинский район
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The Chulym River in Achinsky District
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Location of Achinsky District in Krasnoyarsk Krai
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| Coordinates: 56°15′N 90°30′E / 56.250°N 90.500°E / 56.250; 90.500 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai[1] |
| Established | April 4, 1924[2] |
| Administrative center | Achinsk[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local government |
| • Body | Achinsky District Council of Deputies[3] |
| • Head[3] | Tamara Osipova[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,534 km2 (978 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 15,870 |
| • Density | 6.3/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 9selsoviet |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 48rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporatedas | Achinsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (MSK+4  [6]) |
| OKTMOID | 04603000 |
| Website | http://www.ach-rajon.ru/ |
The district is situated in the Chulym River valley and contains its tributaries.
The district was founded on April 4, 1924.[2]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Achinsky District is one of the forty-three in the krai.[1] The city of Achinsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a krai city[1]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[9] The district is divided into nine selsoviets.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Achinsky Municipal District and is divided into nine rural settlements (corresponding to the administrative district's selsoviets).[5] The krai city of Achinsk is incorporated separately from the district as Achinsk Urban Okrug.[10]
The Trans-Siberian Railway runs through the district territory from west to east. The Achinsk-Lesosibirsk branch runs in the north and the Achinsk-Abakan branch runs in the south.