Zainsky District
Заинский район | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Tatar | Зәй районы |
.jpg) Lake Bagryazh, Zainsky District | |
.png) Flag .gif) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Zainsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan | |
| Coordinates: 55°18′N 52°01′E / 55.300°N 52.017°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Tatarstan |
| Established | 10 February 1935 |
| Administrative center | Zainsk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,861.6 km2 (718.8 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 15,978 |
| • Density | 8.6/km2 (22/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 84 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Zainsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 22 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [2]) |
| OKTMO ID | 92627000 |
| Website | http://zainsk.tatarstan.ru/ |
Zainsky District (Russian: Заи́нский райо́н; Tatar: Зәй районы) is a territorial administrative unit and municipality of the Republic of Tatarstan in the Russian Federation. It is in the east of the republic. The administrative center is the city of Zainsk. The name comes from the ancient Tatar word "Зай" which means 'river'. As of the beginning of 2020, 53,698 people lived in the district. The urban population of the city is 39,631 while the rural population of the district is 14,067.[3]
The main branch of the district's economy is agriculture. The extent of agricultural land under cultivation is 1223.8 km2.[4][5] The largest hydroelectric power station in the Volga region is in the district.[6]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ "Численность населения муниципальных образований Республики Татарстан на начало 2020 года. Статистический бюллетень" [Population of the municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan at the beginning of 2020. Statistical Bulletin] (PDF). Территориальный орган Федеральной службы государственной статистики по Республике Татарстан [Territorial'nyj organ Federal'noj sluzhby gosstatistiki]. 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ "Заинский район" [Zainsky district]. TatCenter.ru. 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ "В Заинском районе завершается обмолот кукурузы на зерно" [In Zainsky district, the threshing of corn for grain ends]. Заинск-информ [Zainsk-Inform]. October 21, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ Ivanov et al. 2011, pp. 190–191.