Volchikhinsky Reservoir
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Volchikhinsky District () is an administrativeLaw #28-ZS and municipalLaw #106-ZS district (
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), one of the fifty-nine in
Altai Krai Altai Krai (, ) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders, clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan ( East Kazakhstan Region, Abai Region and Pavlodar Region), Novosibirsk and Kemerovo, and the Altai Republic. The krai's administrative ce ...
,
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. It is located in the southwest of the
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. The area of the district is . Its
administrative center An administrative centre 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 the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the rural locality (a '' selo'') of Volchikha. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 19,703, with the population of Volchikha accounting for 52.8% of that number.


History

The district was established on September 24, 1924 within
Omsk Governorate Omsk Governorate () is an administrative-territorial unit of the RSFSR, which existed in 1920–1925. The provincial center is the city of Omsk. History Background Omsk Governorate became the successor of the Omsk Region (called Akmola un ...
and existed until February 1, 1963.''Reference Book of the Administrative-Territorial Changes in Altai'', pp. 342 and 347 It was re-established on January 14, 1965.


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* * *Исполнительный комитет Алтайского краевого Совета народных депутатов. Архивный отдел. Государственный архив Алтайского края. "Справочник административно-территориальных изменений на Алтае, 1917–1980" (''Reference Book of the Administrative-Territorial Changes in Altai, 1917–1980''). Барнаул, Алтайское книжное издательство, 1987. {{Use mdy dates, date=January 2013 Districts of Altai Krai States and territories established in 1924 States and territories disestablished in 1963 States and territories established in 1965 __NOTOC__