Novokuznetsky District
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{{Infobox Russian district
|en_name=Novokuznetsky District
|ru_name=Новокузнецкий район
|image_map={{Russia district OSM map}}
|map_caption=Location of Novokuznetsky District in Kemerovo Oblast
|image_view=Долина реки Большой Теш.JPG
|image_caption=The Bolshoy Tesh River valley in Novokuznetsky District
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|image_flag=Flag of Novokuznetsk rayon (Kemerovo oblast).svg
|image_coa=Coat of Arms of Novokuznetsk rayon (Kemerovo oblast).png
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|federal_subject=Kemerovo Oblast
|adm_data_as_of=December 2014
|adm_ctr_type=city
|adm_ctr_name=Novokuznetsk
|selsoviet_type1=rural territorie
|no_of_selsoviets_type1=6
|no_of_rural_localities=134
|mun_data_as_of=December 2015
|mun_formation1=Novokuznetsky Municipal District
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|mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements=6
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|area_of_what=municipal district
|area_as_of=January 2014
|area_km2=13039.5989
|pop_2010census=50681
|urban_pop_2010census=0%
|rural_pop_2010census=100%
|pop_2010census_ref={{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}
|pop_latest=51082
|pop_latest_date=January 2014
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|date=May 2017
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{{Infobox
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| title = Population of Novokuznetsky District
| label1 = 2010 Census
| label2 = 2002 Census
| data2 = 50,812{{ru-pop-ref|2002Census}}
| label3 = 1989 Census
| data3 = 39,436{{ru-pop-ref|1989Census}}
| label4 = 1979 Census
| data4 = 44,532{{ru-pop-ref|1979Census}}
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Novokuznetsky District ({{langx|ru|Новокузне́цкий райо́н}}) is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.Law #215-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Novokuznetsky Municipal District.Law #104-OZ It is located in the center of the oblast and spans it from border to border in the southwest-northeast direction. The area of the district is {{convert|13039.5989|km2|sp=us}}.{{cite web|title=Statistics on the Municipal Formations of Kemerovo Oblast|url=http://www.gks.ru/scripts/db_inet2/passport/table.aspx?opt=326190002014|publisher=Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation|language=ru|access-date=May 19, 2017}} Its administrative center is the city of Novokuznetsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 50,681.
History
On March 19, 2007, a methane explosion ripped through the Ulyanovskaya mine in Novokuznetsky District killing over a hundred people. The mine was the largest coal producing center in Kemerovo Oblast. It is the deadliest mining accident in recent history.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Novokuznetsky District is one of the nineteen in the oblast. The city of Novokuznetsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Novokuznetsky Municipal District. Novokuznetsk City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated separately from the district as Novokuznetsky Urban Okrug.
References
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{{Kemerovo Oblast}}
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