Boguchansky District
| Boguchansky District Богучанский район (Russian) |
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 Location of Boguchansky District in Krasnoyarsk Krai |
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| Coordinates: 58°22′43″N 97°26′08″E / 58.37861°N 97.43556°ECoordinates: 58°22′43″N 97°26′08″E / 58.37861°N 97.43556°E | |
 The Angara River near the selo of Boguchany in Boguchansky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Administrative structure (as of December 2011) | |
| Administrative center | selo of Boguchany |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| Selsoviets | 18 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Rural localities | 29 |
| Municipal structure (as of January 2009) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Boguchansky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 0 |
| Rural settlements | 18 |
| Local government: | |
| Head | Alexander V. Bakhtin |
| Representative body | Boguchansky District Council of Deputies |
| Statistics | |
| Area (municipal district) | 53,985 km2 (20,844 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 47,968 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Density | 0.89/km2 (2.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | KRAT (UTC+07:00) |
| Established | July 4, 1927 |
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Boguchansky District (Russian: Богуча́нский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the east of the krai and borders with Evenkiysky District in the north, Kezhemsky District in the east, Irkutsk Oblast in the southeast, Abansky District in the south, Taseyevsky District in the southwest, and with Motyginsky District in the west. The area of the district is 53,985 square kilometers (20,844 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Boguchany. Population: 47,968 (2010 Census); 50,503 (2002 Census);58,235 (1989 Census). The population of Boguchany accounts for 23.4% of the district's total population.
The district is situated in the Angara River basin. From north to south, the district stretches for 280 kilometers (170 mi).
The district was founded on July 4, 1927.
The Head of the district is Alexander V. Bakhtin.
As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic composition of the population was as follows:
In 2009, the rate of the natural decline of the district population was 4.3 persons per 1,000 in 2006, which is in sharp contrast with the krai's average growth of 0.2 persons per 1,000.
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