Beryozovsky District (russian: Берёзовский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3025 district (

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is c ...

), one of the forty-three in

Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Si ...

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 ...

. It is located in the south of the

krai A krai or kray (; russian: край, , ''kraya'') is one of the types of federal subjects of modern Russia, and was a type of geographical administrative division in the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR. Etymologically, the word is relat ...

and borders with

Sukhobuzimsky District Sukhobuzimsky District (russian: Сухобу́зимский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3037 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the south of the krai. Th ...

in the north, Rybinsky District in the east, Uyarsky District in the southeast, Mansky District in the south,

Balakhtinsky District Balakhtinsky District (russian: Балахти́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3005 district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai an ...

in the southwest, and with

Yemelyanovsky District Yemelyanovsky District (russian: Емель́яновский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3145 district ( raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southern central par ...

and the territory of the krai city of

Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk ( ; rus, Красноя́рск, a=Ru-Красноярск2.ogg, p=krəsnɐˈjarsk) (in semantic translation - Red Ravine City) is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Y ...

in the west. The area of the district is .Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Information about Beryozovsky District
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 urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

) of Beryozovka. Population: The population of Beryozovka accounts for 55.2% of the district's total population.

History

The district was founded on April 25, 1983.

Government

As of 2013, the Head of the district is Leonid P. Kilin.

Demographics

As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic composition of the population was as follows: *

Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 '' Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...

: 89.0% *

Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Ort ...

: 2.6% *

Germans , native_name_lang = de , region1 = , pop1 = 72,650,269 , region2 = , pop2 = 534,000 , region3 = , pop3 = 157,000 3,322,405 , region4 = , pop4 = ...

: 2.5% *

Belarusians , native_name_lang = be , pop = 9.5–10 million , image = , caption = , popplace = 7.99 million , region1 = , pop1 = 600,000–768,000 , region2 = , pop2 ...

: 1.6% * Chuvash: 1.1% *

Tatars The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different Turki ...

: 1.0% *

Mordvins The Mordvins (also Unified Mordvin people, Mordvinians, Mordovians; russian: мордва, Mordva, Mordvins (no equivalents in Moksha and Erzya)) is an obsolete but official term used in the Russian Federation to refer both to Erzyas and Mo ...

: 0.5%

Economy

The economy of the district is mostly agricultural. Leading agricultural enterprises include OOO "Sibirskaya Guberniya", OAO "Barkhatovskaya poultry farm", agricultural cooperatives "Beryozovsky", "Zykovsky", and "Yesaulsky", GUP "Krasnoyarskoye", and OOO "Maganskoye". Additionally, about two hundred farms operate in the district. Major industrial enterprises include OAO "Beryozovsky maintenance plant", AO "Yermolayevskaya REB", OOO "Beryozovskaya furniture factory", OAO "Krasnoyarskpolimer-keramika", OOO "Zykovsky brick factory", OAO "Beton", OOO "Beryozovsky bakery plant", "Nils" factory, and others. A developed network of railroad maintenance facilities exists in the district. Natural resources include

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms w ...

granite Granite () is a coarse-grained ( phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies un ...

gravel Gravel is a loose aggregation of rock fragments. Gravel occurs naturally throughout the world as a result of sedimentary and erosive geologic processes; it is also produced in large quantities commercially as crushed stone. Gravel is classifi ...

sand Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is defined by its grain size. Sand grains are smaller than gravel and coarser than silt. Sand can also refer to a textural class ...

, and

rubble Rubble is broken stone, of irregular size, shape and texture; undressed especially as a filling-in. Rubble naturally found in the soil is known also as 'brash' (compare cornbrash)."Rubble" def. 2., "Brash n. 2. def. 1. ''Oxford English Dictionar ...

, all of which were extensively used during the construction of

Krasnoyarsk Dam The Krasnoyarsk Dam is a high concrete gravity dam located on the Yenisey River about upstream from Krasnoyarsk in Divnogorsk, Russia. It was constructed from 1956 to 1972, and it supplies about 6,000 MW of electricity, mostly used to supply t ...

. OAO "Litoye" is the main developer of natural resources in the district. A significant portion of the district population is employed in Krasnoyarsk. In turn, Krasnoyarsk residents use the district for their

dacha A dacha ( rus, дача, p=ˈdatɕə, a=ru-dacha.ogg) is a seasonal or year-round second home, often located in the exurbs of post-Soviet countries, including Russia. A cottage (, ') or shack serving as a family's main or only home, or an outbu ...

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013 Districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai States and territories established in 1983