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Belovsky District, Kursk Oblast

Field	Value
en_name	Belovsky District
ru_name	Беловский район
image_map
map_caption	Location of Belovsky District in Kursk Oblast
image_view	Water mill in Krupets, Kurskaya oblast, Russia (first building).jpg
image_caption	Water mill in Krupets, Belovsky District
coordinates
image_coa	Coat of arms of Belovsky District (Kursk Oblast) (2009).jpg
federal_subject	Kursk Oblast
federal_subject_ref
adm_ctr_name	Belaya
adm_ctr_ref
selsoviet_type1	selsoviet
no_of_selsoviets_type1	18
no_of_rural_localities	51
counts_ref
mun_formation1	Belovsky Municipal District
mun_formation1_ref
mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements	0
mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements	14
mun_formation1_counts_ref
area_km2	950
area_km2_ref
pop_2010census	17933
urban_pop_2010census	0%
rural_pop_2010census	100%
pop_2010census_ref
website	http://bel.rkursk.ru/

Belovsky District () is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 950 km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a sloboda) of Belaya. Population: 22,182 (2002 Census); The population of Belaya accounts for 14.5% of the district's total population.

History

On 11 August 2024, Russian authorities ordered the evacuation of civilians in Belovsky District as a result of a major Ukrainian incursion during the Russo-Ukrainian War. Later on the night of August 11, the Ukrainian Armed Forces entered the Belovsky District, as confirmed by the head of the district head and acting governor. The head of the district recommended that those who had already evacuated not return.

Geography

| mapframe-zoom = 8 Belovsky District is located on the south-central edge of Kursk Oblast, on the border with Belgorod Oblast to the south. The terrain is a hilly plain averaging 200 m above sea level; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The main river in the district is the Psel River, which flows southwest from the district into Ukraine, where it empties into the Dnieper River. The Psel is typically frozen from December to early March. Belovsky District is 60 km south of the city of Kursk, and 520 km south of Moscow. The area measures 40 km (40 km; north-south), and 38 km (38 km; west-east); total area is 950 km2 (about 3.2% of Kursk Oblast). The administrative center is the town of Belaya.

The district is bordered on the north by Bolshesoldatsky District, on the east by Oboyansky District, on the south by Krasnoyaruzhsky District, Rakityansky District, and Ivnyansky District of Belgorod Oblast, and on the west by Sudzhansky District.

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Sources

References

"General Information". Belovsky District.
Resolution #489
Law #48-ZKO
{{ru-pop-ref. 2002Census
[https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-order/3048690-kursk-region-issues-swift-evacuation-amid-battle-escalation Kursk Region Issues Swift Evacuation Amid Battle Escalation], DevDiscourse, 11 August 2024.
(2024-08-11). "Ukrainian military entered the Belovsky District of the Kursk Region — head of the district".

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