Country Russia Administrative center town of Mariinsk Rural localities 55 | Federal subject Kemerovo Oblast rural territorie 12 | |
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Mariinsky District (Russian: Марии́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Mariinsky Municipal District. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 5,607 square kilometers (2,165 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Mariinsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 17,285 (2010 Census); 19,182 (2002 Census); 22,037 (1989 Census).
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mariinsky District is one of the nineteen in the oblast. The town of Mariinsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Mariinsky Municipal District, with Mariinsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction being incorporated within it as Mariinskoye Urban Settlement.