Belovsky District, Kemerovo Oblast

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Belovsky District
Беловский район (Russian)

Location of Belovsky District in Kemerovo Oblast
Coordinates: 54°25′N 86°18′E / 54.417°N 86.300°E / 54.417; 86.300Coordinates: 54°25′N 86°18′E / 54.417°N 86.300°E / 54.417; 86.300

The settlement of Starobachaty is the most populous inhabited locality in Belovsky District[1]
Coat of arms
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Kemerovo Oblast[2]
Administrative structure (as of December 2014)
Administrative center selo of Vishnevka[2]
Administrative divisions:[2]
rural territorie 8
Inhabited localities:[2]
Rural localities 47
Municipal structure (as of December 2014)
Municipally incorporated as Belovsky Municipal District[3]
Municipal divisions:[3]
Urban settlements 0
Rural settlements 8
Statistics
Area 3,400 km2 (1,300 sq mi)[4]
Population (2010 Census) 30,204 inhabitants[1]
 Urban 0%
 Rural 100%
Density 8.88/km2 (23.0/sq mi)[5]
Time zone KRAT (UTC+07:00)[6]
Official website
Belovsky District on WikiCommons

Belovsky District (Russian: Бело́вский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.[2] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Belovsky Municipal District.[3] It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,400 square kilometers (1,300 sq mi).[4] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Vishnevka.[2] Population: 30,204(2010 Census);[1] 33,382 (2002 Census);[7] 25,815(1989 Census).[8]

Geography

Belovsky District is at the center of the Kuznetsk Basin (the "Kuzbass" coal region of the Tom River basin), and is at the center of Kemerovo Oblast. The district's borders effectively surround the large town of Belovo, Kemerovo Oblast, and is just south of the town of Leninsk-Kuznetsky (city). The terrain is mostly flat in the center, on the plain of the Inya River as it flows north and west; the Tom River runs north to south along the east border. Rolling hills rise in the east towards the Kuznetsk Alatau, and towards the Salair Ridge in the west. Vegetation is steppe and mountain forest-steppe, with patches of forest scattered around the region.

The district is about 100 km west-to-east, and 71 km north-to-south. It is located about 100 km south of the city of Kemerovo, and 100 km north of Novokuznetsk. Subdivisions of the district include 8 rural areas, and 47 rural settlements.[9]

Belovsky borders with Krapivinsky District in the north, Novokuznetsky District in the east, Prokopyevsky District in the south, and with Guryevsky District in the west.

Climate

The climate of the district is humid continental (Koppen Dfb). The average temperature in January is −17.4 °C (0.7 °F), and is 16.8 °C (62.2 °F) in July. The frost-free period in the north of the district is 145 in north, and the average annual precipitation is 370-495 mm/year.[4]

Economy

The two dominant industries of the district are coal and agriculture. There are three coal fields in the district: Bachatskij, Shestakov, Karakansky. 15% of the coal production of the Kuznetz basin comes from the Belovsky District. Agricultureis diverse, with grains, potatos, livestock and dairy.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Law #215-OZ
  3. 1 2 3 Law #104-OZ
  4. 1 2 3 4 "About the Area" (in Russian). Belovsky District (Official Website). Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  5. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value is only approximate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  6. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. Russian 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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. "About the Area" (in Russian). Belovsky District (Official Website). Retrieved June 27, 2016.

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