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Uzhursky District

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Country
  
Russia

Administrative center
  
town of Uzhur

Selsoviets
  
12

Area
  
4,226 km²

Federal subject
  
Krasnoyarsk Krai

District towns
  
1

Cities/towns
  
1

Founded
  
4 April 1924

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Uzhursky District (Russian: Ужу́рский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the krai and borders with Nazarovsky District in the north, Balakhtinsky District in the east, Novosyolovsky District in the southeast, the Republic of Khakassia in the south, and with Sharypovsky District in the west and northwest. The area of the district is 4,226 square kilometers (1,632 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Uzhur. Population: 33,739 (2010 Census); 36,169 (2002 Census); 48,363 (1989 Census). The population of Uzhur accounts for 47.7% of the district's total population.

Contents

Map of Uzhursky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

History

The district was founded on April 4, 1924.

Government

As of 2013, the Head of the District and the Chairman of the District Council is Gazilya N. Kuznetsova.

References

Uzhursky District Wikipedia