Dukhovshchinsky District

Dukhovshchinsky District
Духовщинский район
Dukhovshchina, Dukhovshchinsky District
Dukhovshchina, Dukhovshchinsky District
Flag of Dukhovshchinsky District
Coat of arms of Dukhovshchinsky District
Map
Location of Dukhovshchinsky District in Smolensk Oblast
Coordinates: 55°12′N 32°25′E / 55.200°N 32.417°E / 55.200; 32.417
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSmolensk Oblast[1]
Established1929Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerDukhovshchina[1]
Area
 • Total
2,610.78 km2 (1,008.03 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
16,658
 • Density6.4/km2 (17/sq mi)
 • Urban
61.9%
 • Rural
38.1%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Urban settlements (towns), 1 Urban settlements (urban-type settlements), 6 Rural settlements
 • Inhabited localities[1]1 cities/towns, 1 Urban-type settlements[3], 229 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asDukhovshchinsky Municipal District[4]
 • Municipal divisions[4]2 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
OKTMO ID66616000
Websitehttp://duhov.admin-smolensk.ru/

Dukhovshchinsky District (Russian: Духовщи́нский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast and borders with Belsky District of Tver Oblast in the north, Kholm-Zhirkovsky District in the northeast, Yartsevsky District in the east, Kardymovsky District in the south, Smolensky District in the southwest, Demidovsky District in the west, and with Zharkovsky District of Tver Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,610.78 square kilometers (1,008.03 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the town of Dukhovshchina.[1] Population: 16,658 (2010 Census);[2] 19,182 (2002 Census);[6] 23,720 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of Dukhovshchina accounts for 42.4% of the district's total population.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Resolution #261
  2. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  4. ^ a b c Law #105-z
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  7. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.