Evenkiysky District Эвенкийский район (Russian) |
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Location of Evenkiysky District in Krasnoyarsk Krai |
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Coordinates: 65°N 98°E / 65°N 98°ECoordinates: 65°N 98°E / 65°N 98°E | |
Taiga in Evenkiysky District |
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Anthem | Anthem of Evenkiysky Municipal District |
Location | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
Administrative structure (as of December 2011) | |
Administrative center | settlement of Tura |
Inhabited localities: | |
Rural localities | 25 |
Municipal structure (as of June 2010) | |
Municipally incorporated as | Evenkiysky Municipal District |
Municipal divisions: | |
Urban settlements | 0 |
Rural settlements | 23 |
Local government: | |
Head | Pyotr I. Suvorov |
Representative body | Evenkiysky District Council of Deputies |
Statistics | |
Area (municipal district) | 763,200 km2 (294,700 sq mi) |
Population (2010 Census) | 16,253 inhabitants |
• Urban | 34.1% |
• Rural | 65.9% |
Density | 0.02/km2 (0.052/sq mi) |
Time zone | KRAT (UTC+07:00) |
Established | December 4, 2006 |
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Evenkiysky District (Russian: Эвенки́йский райо́н), or Evenkia (Russian: Эвенкия), is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Before January 1, 2007, it was the only district of Evenk Autonomous Okrug—a federal subject (an autonomous okrug) of Russia. It is located in the central and eastern parts of the krai and borders with Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District in the north, the Sakha Republic and Irkutsk Oblast in the east, Kezhemsky, Boguchansky, Motyginsky, and Severo-Yeniseysky Districts in the south, and with Turukhansky District in the west. The area of the district is 763,200 square kilometers (294,700 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Tura. Population: 16,253 (2010 Census);17,697 (2002 Census); 24,409 (1989 Census). The population of Tura accounts for 34.1% of the district's total population.