Spassky District, Republic of Tatarstan

Spassky District
Спасский район
District
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 • TatarСпас районы
Mound Great Bulgaria, Spassky District
Mound Great Bulgaria, Spassky District
Flag of Spassky District
Flag
Coat of arms of Spassky District
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Spassky District in the Republic of Tatarstan
Coordinates: 54°58′N 49°02′E / 54.967°N 49.033°E / 54.967; 49.033
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Tatarstan
Established10 August 1930Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerBolgar
Area
 • Total2,028 km2 (783 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[1]
 • Total20,554
 • Density10/km2 (26/sq mi)
 • Urban
42.1%
 • Rural
57.9%
Administrative structure
 • Inhabited localities1 cities/towns, 45 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asSpassky Municipal District
 • Municipal divisions1 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[2])
OKTMO ID92632000
Websitehttp://spasskiy.tatarstan.ru/

Spassky District (Russian: Спа́сский райо́н; Tatar: Спас районы) is a territorial administrative unit and municipal district of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. The total area of the district is 2028 km². It is located in the southwestern part of Tatarstan. The administrative center is Bolgar. As of 2020, the population estimated at 18,599 residents.[3][4]

Traditionally the Spassky district specializes in fur farming and grain farming. Agricultural land occupies up to 117.8 thousand hectares, while pa around 16.3 thousand hectares is pastureland. The largest agricultural investors are the Avangard forage company, the Bulgar plant growing farm and the Khuzangaevskoe agricultural enterprise.[5]

The remains of previous Bulgarian settlements form a historical site Bolghar which starting from 2014 has been a part of the UNESCO Heritage Site List.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  3. ^ Sitdikov 2016, pp. 20–21.
  4. ^ Gataullina 2020.
  5. ^ Sitdikov 2016, p. 20—21.
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  8. ^ Ziganshin 2015, p. 246.