Abansky District
| Abansky District Абанский район (Russian) |
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 Location of Abansky District in Krasnoyarsk Krai |
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| Coordinates: 56°N 96°E / 56°N 96°ECoordinates: 56°N 96°E / 56°N 96°E | |
 The Aban River near the settlement of Aban in Abansky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Administrative structure (as of December 2011) | |
| Administrative center | settlement of Aban |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| selsoviet | 16 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Rural localities | 64 |
| Municipal structure (as of December 2008) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Abansky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 0 |
| Rural settlements | 16 |
| Local government: | |
| Head | Mikhail I. Krivitsky |
| Representative body | Abansky District Council of Deputies |
| Statistics | |
| Area (municipal district) | 9,512 km2 (3,673 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 22,577 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Density | 2.37/km2 (6.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | KRAT (UTC+07:00) |
| Established | April 4, 1924 |
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Abansky District (Russian: А́банский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the krai and borders with Boguchansky District in the north, Irkutsk Oblast in the east, Nizhneingashsky District in the southeast, Ilansky District in the south, Kansky District in the southwest, Dzerzhinsky District in the west, and with Taseyevsky District in the west and northwest. The area of the district is 9,512 square kilometers (3,673 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Aban. Population: 22,577 (2010 Census); 26,783 (2002 Census);32,501 (1989 Census).
The district lies between the forest steppe and taiga zones. It stretches for 124 kilometers (77 mi) from west to east and for 120 kilometers (75 mi) from north to south.
The district was founded on April 4, 1924.
Abansky District is characterized by a diversity of its population. Many people voluntarily migrated to this area, but some were exiled here as well. During the 18th–19th centuries, the region was a common destination for exiled insurgents and revolutionaries, including Poles and the Decembrists. Most, however, migrated here voluntarily in the beginning of the 20th century, after the revolutionary events of 1905 and as a result of the agrarian reforms by Pyotr Stolypin.
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