Plastovsky District () is an administrative and municipal district (

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), one of the twenty-seven in

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.Resolution #161 It is located in the center of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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. Population (excluding the administrative center):

Geography

Plastovsky District is located in the center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, in the transition zone between the forest-steppe of the

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, 50 km to the west, and the steppe to the east. Average elevation is 200-250 meters, rising to 420 meters in the southwest. There is a large pine forest reserve (Sanarsky Zakaznick) in the south of the district. Underlying rock is granite, with occasional slate and limestone. Plastovsky District is 80 km southwest of the city of

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, and 1,400 km southeast of

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. The area measures 35 km (north-south), and 40 km (west-east); total area is 1,751 km2 (about 2.0% of Chelyabinsk Oblast). The administrative center is the town of Plast. The district is bordered on the north by Chebarkulsky District, on the east by Uvelsky District, on the south by

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, and on the west by Uysky District.

History

Gold-bearing sands and veins of the area were first worked in 1845, with the opening of the Kochkarskoye gold fields. Gold has been the main industry of Plast throughout the history of the district, with other mineral businesses based on silver, kyanite, kaolin, and granite building stone.

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Plastovsky District on Google MapsPlastovsky District on OpenStreetMap
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