Babushkinsky District Бабушкинский район (Russian) |
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Location of Babushkinsky District in Vologda Oblast |
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Coordinates: 59°45′N 43°08′E / 59.750°N 43.133°ECoordinates: 59°45′N 43°08′E / 59.750°N 43.133°E | |
Mount Isakova near the village of Isakovo in Babushkinsky District |
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Location | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Vologda Oblast |
Administrative structure (as of March 2012) | |
Administrative center | selo of imeni Babushkina |
Administrative divisions: | |
Selsoviets | 15 |
Inhabited localities: | |
Rural localities | 138 |
Municipal structure (as of June 2015) | |
Municipally incorporated as | Babushkinsky Municipal District |
Municipal divisions: | |
Urban settlements | 0 |
Rural settlements | 7 |
Statistics | |
Area | 7,761 km2 (2,997 sq mi) |
Population (2010 Census) | 12,779 inhabitants |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Density | 1.65/km2 (4.3/sq mi) |
Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
Established | July 15, 1929 |
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Babushkinsky District (Russian: Ба́бушкинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Nyuksensky District in the north, Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky District in the northeast, Nikolsky District in the east, Kologrivsky and Chukhlomsky Districts of Kostroma Oblast in the south, and with Totemsky District in the west. The area of the district is 7,761 square kilometers (2,997 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of imeni Babushkina. District's population: 12,779 (2010 Census); 14,994 (2002 Census);18,037 (1989 Census). The population of imeni Babushkina accounts for 31.6% of the district's population.
Prior to 1941, the district was known as Ledengsky District, and the selo of imeni Babushkina was known as Ledengskoye. Both the district and its administrative center were renamed in March 1941 to commemorate Bolshevik revolutionary Ivan Babushkin, who was born in Ledengskoye.