Chebulinsky District () is an administrative district (

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), one of the nineteen in

Kemerovo Oblast Kemerovo Oblast (, ), also known as Kuzbass (, ), after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Kemerovo is the administrative center and largest city of the oblast. Kemerovo Oblast is one of Rus ...

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.Law #215-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Chebulinsky Municipal District.Law #104-OZ It is located in the north of the

oblast An oblast ( or ) is a type of administrative division in Bulgaria and several post-Soviet states, including Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Historically, it was used in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. The term ''oblast'' is often translated i ...

. The area of the district is . Its

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is the urban locality (an

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) of Verkh-Chebula. Population: 17,971 ( 2002 Census); The population of Verkh-Chebula accounts for 31.0% of the district's total population.

Geography

Chebulinsky District is about 40 km northeast of the City of

Kemerovo Kemerovo ( rus, Ке́мерово, p=ˈkʲemʲɪrəvə) is an industrial types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Iskitimka River, Iskitimka and Tom ...

, in the Chebuly Basin, for which the district is named. It is located just to the west of the

Kuznetsk Alatau Kuznetsk Alatau () is a mountain range in southern Siberia, Russia. The range rises in the Altai-Sayan region of the South Siberian Mountains, northwest of Mongolia. The Siberian Railway skirts the northern limit of the range. Geography ...

mountains. The

Kiya River The Kiya () is a river in Tomsk and Kemerovo Oblasts of Russia. It is a left tributary of the Chulym (in the Ob's drainage basin), and is long, with a drainage basin of . The river has its sources in the Kuznetsk Alatau and flows in a northweste ...

flows down from the mountains on its way north through the eastern border of the district. The district is known as the discovery site of many early

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 143.1 to 66 mya (unit), million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era (geology), Era, as well as the longest. At around 77.1 million years, it is the ...

dinosaur skeletons, including Psittacosaurus sibiricus. The area also features a wetland complex important to rare birds ("Shestakovo Swamp"), two extinct volcanos, and over 50 Paleolithic to Middle Aged archaeological sites. Vegetation in the area is steppe and mountain forest-steppe. The forested areas are scattered. The district is about 100 km long, oriented towards the northeast. The road from Kemerovo to

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in the east runs through the northern edge of the District. Subdivisions of the district include 1 urban area, and 7 rural settlements. Chebulinsky District borders with

Mariinsky District Mariinsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.Law #215-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Mariinsky Municipal District.Law #104-OZ It is located in the north of the obla ...

to the north,

Tisulsky District Tisulsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.Law #215-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Tisulsky Municipal District.Law #104-OZ It is located in the east of the oblast. ...

in the east and south, and with

Kemerovsky District Kemerovsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.Law #215-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kemerovsky Municipal District.Law #104-OZ It is located in the northern centra ...

to the west.

Economy

Chebulinsky is an agricultural district, with production and processing of grains, livestock and dairy products.

References

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