Novokuznetsky District
| Novokuznetsky District Новокузнецкий район (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Novokuznetsky District in Kemerovo Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 53°45′N 87°07′E / 53.750°N 87.117°ECoordinates: 53°45′N 87°07′E / 53.750°N 87.117°E | |
 The Bolshoy Tesh River valley in Novokuznetsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kemerovo Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of December 2014) | |
| Administrative center | city of Novokuznetsk |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| rural territorie | 6 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Rural localities | 134 |
| Municipal structure (as of December 2015) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Novokuznetsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 0 |
| Rural settlements | 6 |
| Statistics | |
| Area (municipal district) (January 2014) | 13,039.5989 km2 (5,034.6173 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 50,681 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Population (January 2014 est.) | 51,082 inhabitants |
| Density | 3.89/km2 (10.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | KRAT (UTC+07:00) |
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| 2010 Census | 50,681 |
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| 2002 Census | 50,812 |
| 1989 Census | 39,436 |
| 1979 Census | 44,532 |
Novokuznetsky District (Russian: Новокузне́цкий райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Novokuznetsky Municipal District. It is located in the center of the oblast and spans it from border to border in the southwest-northeast direction. The area of the district is 13,039.5989 square kilometers (5,034.6173 sq mi). Its administrative center is the city of Novokuznetsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 50,681.
On March 19, 2007 a massive methane explosion ripped through the Ulyanovskaya mine in Novokuznetsky District killing over a hundred people. The mine was the largest coal producing center in Kemerovo Oblast. It is the deadliest mining accident in recent history.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Novokuznetsky District is one of the nineteen in the oblast. The city of Novokuznetsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Novokuznetsky Municipal District. Novokuznetsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated separately from the district as Novokuznetsky Urban Okrug.
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