Administrative center selo of Ust-Koksa Rural localities 42 Founded 1924 | Rural settlements 9 Area 12,952 km² | |
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Ust-Koksinsky District (Russian: Усть-Ко́ксинский район; Altai: Кӧк-Суу аймак) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the ten in the Altai Republic, Russia. It is located in the west and southwest of the republic. The area of the district is 12,958 square kilometers (5,003 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Ust-Koksa. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 17,020, with the population of Ust-Koksa accounting for 25.7% of that number.
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Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ust-Koksinsky District is one of the ten in the Altai Republic. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ust-Koksinsky Municipal District. Both administrative and municipal districts are divided into the same nine rural settlements, comprising forty-two rural localities. The selo of Ust-Koksa serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.
Nature reserves
The district is home to two nature reserves: Katunsky State Natural Biosphere Reserve and Belukha Nature Park.