Bolshemurtinsky District (russian: Большемурти́нский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #10-4765] and municipal
[Law #13-2870] 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 co ...
), 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-eig ...
. It is located in the southern central part 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
Kazachinsky District in the north,
Taseyevsky District in the east,
Sukhobuzimsky and
Yemelyanovsky Districts in the south,
Birilyussky District in the west, and with
Pirovsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is .
[Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai]
Information about Bolshemurtinsky 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
Bolshaya Murta.
Population: 21,087 (
2002 Census);
The population of Bolshaya Murta accounts for 41.4% of the district's total population.
Geography
The district is located in the
forest steppe
A forest steppe is a temperate-climate ecotone and habitat type composed of grassland interspersed with areas of woodland or forest.
Locations
Forest steppe primarily occurs in a belt of forest steppes across northern Eurasia from the eastern ...
and subtaiga natural climatic zones.
[Агенство труда и занятости населения Красноярского края. Проект переселения «Большемуртинский район»]
Общая характеристика территории вселения «Большемуртинский район»
History
The district was founded on April 4, 1924.
Government
As of 2013, the Head of the District and the Chairman of the District Council is Valery V. Verner.
Economy
Transportation
The total length of the auto routes in the district is , of which are hard surface roads.
References
Notes
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Districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai
States and territories established in 1924