Chebulinsky District (russian: Чебули́нский райо́н) is an administrative 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 nineteen in

Kemerovo Oblast Kemerovo Oblast — Kuzbass (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть — Кузба́сс, translit=Kemerovskaya oblast — Kuzbass, ), also known simply as Kemerovo Oblast (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, label=non ...

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-eigh ...

.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 (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdom ...

. 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, L ...

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 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 city and the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Iskitimka and Tom Rivers, in the major coal mining region of the Kuznetsk ...

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

Kuznetsk Alatau Kuznetsk Alatau (russian: Кузнецкий Алатау) 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 north ...

mountains. The

Kiya River The Kiya (russian: Ки́я) 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 Kuzn ...

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 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...

dinosaur skeletons, including

Psittacosaurus sibiricus ''Psittacosaurus'' ( ; "parrot lizard") is a genus of extinct ceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of what is now Asia, existing between 126 and 101 million years ago. It is notable for being the most species-rich non-avian dinosaur ge ...

. 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. Kiya River, Chebulinsky District

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

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 Yen ...

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 (russian: Марии́нский райо́н) 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 #1 ...

to the north,

Tisulsky District Tisulsky District (russian: Тисульский райо́н) 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 #10 ...

in the east and south, and with

Kemerovsky District Kemerovsky District (russian: Ке́меровский райо́н) 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.La ...

to the west.

Economy

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

References

Sources

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