Yermakovsky District (russian: Ермако́вский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #10-4765] and municipal
[Law #13-3003] district (
raion
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), 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
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. It is located in the south of the
krai
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Etymologically, the word is relat ...
and borders with
Karatuzsky District in the northeast, the
Tuva Republic
Tuva (; russian: Тува́) or Tyva ( tyv, Тыва), officially the Republic of Tuva (russian: Респу́блика Тыва́, r=Respublika Tyva, p=rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə tɨˈva; tyv, Тыва Республика, translit=Tyva Respublika ...
in the east and south, and with
Shushensky District in the west and northwest. The area of the district is .
[Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai]
Information about Yermakovsky District
Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') of
Yermakovskoye.
Population: 23,202 (
2002 Census);
The population of Yermakovskoye accounts for 40.9% of the district's total population.
Geography
Most of the district's territory is located in the center of the Western
Sayan Mountains
The Sayan Mountains (russian: Саяны ''Sajany''; mn, Соёны нуруу, ''Soyonï nurû''; otk, 𐰚𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤, Kögmen) are a mountain range in southern Siberia, Russia ( Buryatia, Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tuva Republic ...
.
History
The district was founded on May 25, 1925.
Government
As of 2015, the Head of the District is Mikhail A. Vigovsky.
As of 2016, the District Council consists of twenty-one deputies.
[Charter, Article 18]
References
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Districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai
States and territories established in 1925