Volchikhinsky District () is an administrative
[Law #28-ZS] and municipal
[Law #106-ZS] 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 c ...
), 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 ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the southwest 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
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.
References
Notes
Sources
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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.
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Districts of Altai Krai
States and territories established in 1924
States and territories disestablished in 1963
States and territories established in 1965
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