Pochinkovsky District, Smolensk Oblast

Pochinkovsky District
Починковский район
Memorial to Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Pochinok, Pochinkovsky District
Memorial to Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Pochinok, Pochinkovsky District
Flag of Pochinkovsky District
Coat of arms of Pochinkovsky District
Map
Location of Pochinkovsky District in Smolensk Oblast
Coordinates: 54°24′N 32°27′E / 54.400°N 32.450°E / 54.400; 32.450
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSmolensk Oblast[1]
Established1 October 1929Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerPochinok[1]
Area
 • Total
2,380.75 km2 (919.21 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
30,959
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
 • Urban
28.3%
 • Rural
71.7%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Urban settlements, 16 Rural settlements
 • Inhabited localities[1]1 cities/towns, 228 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asPochinkovsky Municipal District[3]
 • Municipal divisions[3]1 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[4])
OKTMO ID66633000
Websitehttp://pochinok.admin-smolensk.ru/

Pochinkovsky District (Russian: Починковский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of the oblast and borders with Kardymovsky District in the north, Glinkovsky District in the northeast, Yelninsky District in the east, Roslavlsky District in the southeast, Shumyachsky District in the south, Khislavichsky District in the southwest, Monastyrshchinsky District in the west, and with Smolensky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,380.75 square kilometers (919.21 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the town of Pochinok.[1] Population: 30,959 (2010 Census);[2] 37,537 (2002 Census);[5] 44,162 (1989 Soviet census).[6] The population of Pochinok accounts for 28.3% 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. ^ a b c Law #132-z
  4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. ^ 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).
  6. ^ 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.