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Novokuznetsky District

District in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia

Novokuznetsky District Новокузнецкий район
District
The Bolshoy Tesh River valley in Novokuznetsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Novokuznetsky District in Kemerovo Oblast
Coordinates: 53°45′N 87°07′E / 53.750°N 87.117°E / 53.750; 87.117
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kemerovo Oblast[1]
Established	4 September 1924
Administrative center	Novokuznetsk[1]
Area [2]
• Total	13,039.5989 km2 (5,034.6173 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	50,681
• Estimate  (January 2014)[2]	51,082
• Density	3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	6rural territorie
• Inhabited localities[1]	134 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporatedas	Novokuznetsky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+7 (MSK+4 [5])
OKTMOID	32619000
Website	http://admnkr.ru

Novokuznetsky District (Russian: Новокузне́цкий райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteeninKemerovo Oblast, Russia.^[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Novokuznetsky Municipal District.^[4] It is located in the center of the oblast and spans it from border to border in the southwest-northeast direction. The area of the district is 13,039.5989 square kilometers (5,034.6173 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the cityofNovokuznetsk (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 50,681.^[3]

On March 19, 2007 a massive methane explosion ripped through the Ulyanovskaya mine in Novokuznetsky District killing over a hundred people. The mine was the largest coal producing center in Kemerovo Oblast. It is the deadliest mining accident in recent history.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Novokuznetsky District is one of the nineteen in the oblast.^[1] The city of Novokuznetsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Novokuznetsky Municipal District.^[4] Novokuznetsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated separately from the district as Novokuznetsky Urban Okrug.^[4]

• Совет народных депутатов Кемеровской области. Закон №215-ОЗ от 27 декабря 2007 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Кемеровской области», в ред. Закона №131-ОЗ от 22 декабря 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Кемеровской области『О статусе и границах муниципальных образований』и Закон Кемеровской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Кемеровской области"». Вступил в силу в день, следующий за днём официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Кузбасс", №243, 28 декабря 2007 г. (Council of People's Deputies of Kemerovo Oblast. Law #215-OZ of December 27, 2007 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kemerovo Oblast, as amended by the Law #131-OZ of December 22, 2014 On Amending the Law of Kemerovo Oblast "On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations" and the Law of Kemerovo Oblast "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kemerovo Oblast". Effective as of the day following the official publication date.).
• Совет народных депутатов Кемеровской области. Закон №104-ОЗ от 17 декабря 2004 г. «О статусе и границах муниципальных образований», в ред. Закона №123-ОЗ от 22 декабря 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Кемеровской области "О статусе и границах муниципальных образований"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Кузбасс", №242, 24 декабря 2004 г. (Council of People's Deputies of Chelyabinsk Oblast. Law #104-OZ of December 17, 2004 On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations, as amended by the Law #123-OZ of December 22, 2015 On Amending the Law of Kemerovo Oblast "On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations". Effective as of the official publication date.).