Tikhoretsky District (russian: Тихоре́цкий 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
thirty-eight in
Krasnodar Krai
Krasnodar Krai (russian: Краснода́рский край, r=Krasnodarsky kray, p=krəsnɐˈdarskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and administratively a part o ...
,
Russia
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.
[Reference Information #34.01-707/13-03] As a
municipal division, it is incorporated as Tikhoretsky Municipal District.
[Law #711-KZ] It is located in the northeastern central part of the
krai
A krai or kray (; russian: край, , ''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 relat ...
. 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
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
of
Tikhoretsk
Tikhoretsk (russian: Тихоре́цк) is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is the administrative center of the Tikhoretsky urban settlement and the Tikhoretsky District of the Krasnodar Territory. Population: 57,098 (2020),
Administrative ...
(which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population:
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Tikhoretsky District is one of the
thirty-eight in the krai.
The town of
Tikhoretsk
Tikhoretsk (russian: Тихоре́цк) is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is the administrative center of the Tikhoretsky urban settlement and the Tikhoretsky District of the Krasnodar Territory. Population: 57,098 (2020),
Administrative ...
serves as 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 ...
, despite being incorporated separately as an
administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts (and which, in addition to Tikhoretsk, also includes two rural localities).
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tikhoretsky Municipal District, with the Town of Tikhoretsk being incorporated within it as Tikhoretskoye Urban Settlement.
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Districts of Krasnodar Krai
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