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Gorodovikovsky District


FieldValue
en_nameGorodovikovsky District
ru_nameГородовиковский район
loc_name1Башнтан район
loc_lang1Kalmyk
image_map
map_captionLocation of Gorodovikovsky District in the Republic of Kalmykia
image_viewХагин Сала1.jpg
image_captionThe Khagin-Sala River near the selo of Vesyoloye in Gorodovikovsky District
coordinates
image_coaCoat of arms of Gorodovikovsk.png
federal_subjectRepublic of Kalmykia
federal_subject_ref
adm_ctr_nameGorodovikovsk
adm_ctr_ref
town_of_district_significance_typeTowns
no_of_towns_of_district_significance1
selsoviet_type1Rural administrations
no_of_selsoviets_type16
no_of_cities_towns1
no_of_rural_localities18
counts_ref
mun_formation1Gorodovikovsky Municipal District
mun_formation1_ref
mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements1
mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements6
mun_formation1_counts_ref
area_km21099.05
area_km2_ref
pop_2010census17295
urban_pop_2010census55.3%
rural_pop_2010census44.7%
established_date1920
established_date_ref
websitehttp://agrmo.rk08.ru

Gorodovikovsky District (; , Başntan rayon) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the district is 1099.05 km2. Its administrative center is the town of Gorodovikovsk. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 17,295, with the population of Gorodovikovsk accounting for 55.3% of that number.

History

The district was established in 1920. Until April 1960, the district was known as Zapadny District (Западный район, i.e., Western District).

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gorodovikovsky District is one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia. It is divided into one town (an administrative division with the administrative center in the town (an inhabited locality) of Gorodovikovsk) and six rural administrations, which comprise eighteen rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Gorodovikovsky Municipal District. The Town of Gorodovikovsk is incorporated as an urban settlement, and the six rural administration are incorporated as six rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Gorodovikovsk serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

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  1. {{ru-pop-ref. 2002Census
  2. {{ru-pop-ref. 1989Census
  3. {{ru-pop-ref. 1979Census
  4. Decree #137
  5. Law #308-IV-Z
  6. {{ru-pop-ref. 2010Census
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