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Leninsky District, Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Leninsky District
Ленинский район (Russian)
Location of Leninsky District (Jewish AO).svg
Location of Leninsky District in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Coordinates: 47°56′30″N 132°37′05″E / 47.94167°N 132.61806°E / 47.94167; 132.61806Coordinates: 47°56′30″N 132°37′05″E / 47.94167°N 132.61806°E / 47.94167; 132.61806
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Coat of arms
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Administrative structure (as of July 2011)
Administrative center selo of Leninskoye
Inhabited localities:
Rural localities 24
Municipal structure (as of May 2010)
Municipally incorporated as Leninsky Municipal District
Municipal divisions:
Urban settlements 0
Rural settlements 5
Statistics
Area 6,068 km2 (2,343 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 20,684 inhabitants
• Urban 0%
• Rural 100%
Density 3.41/km2 (8.8/sq mi)
Time zone VLAT (UTC+10:00)
Established 1934
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Leninsky District (Russian: Ле́нинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the five in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south and center of the autonomous oblast. The area of the district is 6,068 square kilometers (2,343 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Leninskoye. Population: 20,684 (2010 Census);22,844 (2002 Census);28,464 (1989 Census). The population of Leninskoye accounts for 29.5% of the district's total population.

Leninsky District is located in the south central region of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. About 132 km of the Amur River runs along the southern border of Leninsky. The district is about 160 km west of the city of Khabarovsk, and the area measures 90 km (north-south) by 100 km (west-east). About 60% of the district is on the Middle Plain of the Amur River, with the remainder on the northern foothills of the Lesser Khingan mountains. The area has commercial deposits of building materials: granite, sandstone, clay and gravel.

The district is bordered on the north by Obluchensky District, on the west by Oktyabrsky District, on the east by Birobidzhansky District, on the south across the Amur is China.


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