Minusinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #10-4765 and municipalLaw #13-3022 district (

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), one of the forty-three in

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. It is located in the southwest of the

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and borders with Krasnoturansky District in the north, Kuraginsky District in the east, Karatuzsky District in the southeast, Shushensky District in the south, and with the

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in the west. The area of the district is .Official website of Krasnoyarsk Krai
Information about Minusinsky District
Its

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is the

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(which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 25,872.

Geography

The district is situated on the Yenisey River in the central part of the

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History

The district was founded on April 4, 1924.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Minusinsky District is one of the forty-three in the krai. The town of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a krai town—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.Law #10-4763 The district is divided into thirteen

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s. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Minusinsky Municipal District and is divided into thirteen rural settlements (corresponding to the administrative district's selsoviets). The krai town of Minusinsk is incorporated separately from the district as Minusinsk Urban Okrug.Law #13-3049

Economy

Transportation

The Abakan- Tayshet railway runs through the district. A part of the federal highway M54 passes through the district as well.

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* * * * * {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2013 Districts of Krasnoyarsk Krai States and territories established in 1924