Stepnovsky District () is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-six in
Stavropol Krai,
Russia
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.
[Resolution #63-p] Municipally, it is incorporated as Stepnovsky Municipal District.
[Law #89-kz] It is located in the southeast of the
krai
A krai or kray (; , , ''kraya'') is one of the types of federal subjects of modern Russia, and was a type of geographical administrative division in the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR.
Etymologically, the word is related to the verb "" ...
. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') of
Stepnoye
Stepny (; masculine), Stepnaya (; feminine), or Stepnoye (; neuter) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
Altai Krai
As of 2010, ten rural localities in Altai Krai bear this name:
* Stepnoy, Biysky District, Altai Krai, a settlem ...
.
Population: 23,315 (
2002 Census);
19,520 (
1989 Census).
The population of Stepnoye accounts for 25.3% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Stavropol Krai