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Ketchenerovsky District

District in Republic of Kalmykia, Russia

Ketchenerovsky District Кетченеровский район
District
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• Kalmyk	Көтчнрә район
Ketchenery, Ketchenerovsky District
Location of Ketchenerovsky District in the Republic of Kalmykia
Coordinates: 47°18′N 44°31′E / 47.300°N 44.517°E / 47.300; 44.517
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Kalmykia[1]
Established	1938[1]
Administrative center	Ketchenery[1]
Area [1]
• Total	6,547.91 km2 (2,528.16 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	10,622
• Density	1.6/km2 (4.2/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	9Rural administrations
• Inhabited localities[1]	22rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporatedas	Ketchenerovsky Municipal District[3]
• Municipal divisions[3]	0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
OKTMOID	85625000
Website	http://ketrmork.ru/struktura-i-funkcii.html

Ketchenerovsky District (Russian: Кетчене́ровский райо́н; Kalmyk: Көтчнрә район, Kötçnrä rayon) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[3] district (raion), one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the republic. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Ketchenery.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 10,622, with the population of Ketchenery accounting for 36.8% of that number.^[2]

Geography[edit]

The district is located in the northwest of Kalmykia, in the area of the Yergeni hills.^[8] The area of the district is 6,547.91 square kilometers (2,528.16 sq mi).^[1]

History[edit]

The district was established in 1938.^[1] Until 1990, it was called Priozyorny District (Приозёрный район; Kalmyk: Приозёрн район, Priozërn rajon).^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status[edit]

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ketchenerovsky District is one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia.^[1] The district is divided into nine rural administrations which comprise twenty-two rural localities.^[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ketchenerovsky Municipal District.^[3] Its nine rural administrations are incorporated as nine rural settlements within the municipal district.^[3] The settlement of Ketchenery serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[1] and municipal^[3] district.

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• Президент Республики Калмыкия. Приложение к Указу №137 от 25 июня 2002 г. «Реестр административно-территориальных единиц Республики Калмыкия», в ред. Указа №103 от 27 июня 2011 г «О внесении изменений в Реестр административно-территориальных единиц Республики Калмыкия, утверждённый Указом Президента Республики Калмыкия от 26 декабря 2001 г. №235 "Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных единиц Республики Калмыкия"». (President of the Republic of Kalmykia. Appendix to Decree #137 of June 25, 2002 Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units of the Republic of Kalmykia, as amended by the Decree #103 of June 27, 2011 On Amending the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units of the Republic of Kalmykia, Adopted by Decree #235 of the President of the Republic of Kalmykia of December 26, 2001 "On Adopting the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Units of the Republic of Kalmykia". ).
• Народный Хурал (Парламент) Республики Калмыкия. Закон №308-IV-З от 23 ноября 2011 г. «О некоторых вопросах организации местного самоуправления в Республики Калмыкия», в ред. Закона №105-V-З от 6 марта 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в статью 13.1 Закона Республики Калмыкия "О некоторых вопросах организации местного самоуправления в Республики Калмыкия"». Вступил в силу по истечении 10 дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Хальмг Унн", №214, 24 ноября 2011 г. (People's Khural (Parliament) of the Republic of Kalmykia. Law #308-IV-Z of November 23, 2011 On Various Issues of the Organization of the Local Self-Government in the Republic of Kalmykia, as amended by the Law #105-V-Z of March 6, 2015 On Amending Article 13.1 of the Law of the Republic of Kalmykia "On Various Issues of the Organization of the Local Self-Government in the Republic of Kalmykia". Effective as of after 10 days since the day of the official publication.).