Blagoveshchensky District Благовещенский район (Russian) |
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Location of Blagoveshchensky District in Amur Oblast |
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Coordinates: 50°19′N 127°31′E / 50.317°N 127.517°ECoordinates: 50°19′N 127°31′E / 50.317°N 127.517°E | |
Gribskov Reservoir |
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Location | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Amur Oblast |
Administrative structure (as of June 2008) | |
Administrative center | city of Blagoveshchensk |
Administrative divisions: | |
Rural settlements | 11 |
Inhabited localities: | |
Rural localities | 27 |
Municipal structure (as of September 2005) | |
Municipally incorporated as | Blagoveshchensky Municipal District |
Municipal divisions: | |
Urban settlements | 0 |
Rural settlements | 11 |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,060 km2 (1,180 sq mi) |
Population (2010 Census) | 19,641 inhabitants |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Density | 6.42/km2 (16.6/sq mi) |
Time zone | YAKT (UTC+09:00) |
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Blagoveshchensky District (Russian: Благове́щенский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 3,060 square kilometers (1,180 sq mi). Its administrative center is the city of Blagoveshchensk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 19,641 (2010 Census); 18,673 (2002 Census);18,192 (1989 Census).
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Blagoveshchensky District is one of the twenty in the oblast. The city of Blagoveshchensk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Blagoveshchensky Municipal District. Blagoveshchensk Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.