Tyndinsky District (russian: Ты́ндинский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #127-OZ] and municipal
[Law #32-OZ] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty
Twenty or 20 may refer to:
* 20 (number), the natural number following 19 and preceding 21
* one of the years 20 BC, AD 20, 1920, 2020
Music
Albums
* ''20'' (2nd Chapter of Acts album), 1992
* ''20'' (Cunter album), 2011
* ''20'' (Drag ...
in
Amur Oblast
Amur Oblast ( rus, Аму́рская о́бласть, r=Amurskaya oblast, p=ɐˈmurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers in the Russian Far East. The administrat ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-ei ...
. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an o ...
of
Tynda
Tynda (russian: Ты́нда) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Blagoveshchensk. It is an important railway junction, informally referred to as the capital of the Baikal-Amur Mainline. Its population has declined sharply in ...
[According to Law #127-OZ, the administrative-territorial structure of Amur Oblast matches its municipal structure. The laws dealing with the structure of the municipal districts serve as the registries of the inhabited localities of the administrative districts and list their administrative centers. For Tyndinsky District, Law #32-OZ is used.] (which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 16,701 (
2002 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Tyndinsky District is one of the
twenty
Twenty or 20 may refer to:
* 20 (number), the natural number following 19 and preceding 21
* one of the years 20 BC, AD 20, 1920, 2020
Music
Albums
* ''20'' (2nd Chapter of Acts album), 1992
* ''20'' (Cunter album), 2011
* ''20'' (Drag ...
in the oblast.
The town of
Tynda
Tynda (russian: Ты́нда) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Blagoveshchensk. It is an important railway junction, informally referred to as the capital of the Baikal-Amur Mainline. Its population has declined sharply in ...
serves as its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
,
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 Tyndinsky Municipal District.
Tynda Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.
[Law #414-OZ]
References
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Districts of Amur Oblast
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