Grayvoronsky District
| Grayvoronsky District Грайворонский район (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Grayvoronsky District in Belgorod Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 50°29′N 35°40′E / 50.483°N 35.667°ECoordinates: 50°29′N 35°40′E / 50.483°N 35.667°E | |
 Agricultural land in Grayvoronsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Belgorod Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of June 2008) | |
| Administrative center | town of Grayvoron |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Cities/towns | 1 |
| Rural localities | 39 |
| Municipal structure (as of March 2011) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Grayvoronsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 1 |
| Rural settlements | 12 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 853.80 km2 (329.65 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 29,137 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 21.4% |
| • Rural | 78.6% |
| Population (2015 est.) | 29,544 inhabitants |
| Density | 34.13/km2 (88.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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Grayvoronsky District (Russian: Грайворонский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Russia.Municipally, it is incorporated as Grayvoronsky Municipal District. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 853.8 square kilometers (329.7 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Grayvoron. Population: 29,137 (2010 Census); 31,567 (2002 Census). The population of Grayvoron accounts for 21.4% of the district's total population.
Grayvoronsky District sits at the southwest corner of Belgorod Oblast, on the border with Ukraine. It is bordered on the south and west by Kharkiv Oblast and Sumy Oblast (both of Ukraine), on the north by Krasnogvardeysky District, Belgorod Oblast and Rakityansky District, and on the east by Borisovsky District. The administrative center of the district is the town of Grayvoron. The district is 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of the city of Belgorod, and is 55 kilometres (34 mi) northwest of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
The terrain is hilly plain averaging 200 metres (660 ft) above sea level; the district lies on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The major river through the district is the Vorskla River, which flows east to west through the district, eventually to join the Dnieper River.
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