Country Russia Administrative center town of Novoaltaysk Rural localities 53 Founded 1935 | Federal subject Altai Krai selsoviet 18 Area 3,596 km² | |
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Pervomaysky District (Russian: Первома́йский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the krai. The area of the district is 3,616 square kilometers (1,396 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Novoaltaysk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 50,100 (2010 Census); 47,467 (2002 Census); 45,484 (1989 Census).
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Map of Pervomaysky District, Altai Krai, Russia
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Pervomaysky District is one of the fifty-nine in the krai. The town of Novoaltaysk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of krai significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Pervomaysky Municipal District. The town of krai significance of Novoaltaysk is incorporated separately from the district as Novoaltaysk Urban Okrug.