Klyuchevsky District (Russian: Ключе́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the west of the krai. The area of the district is 3,043 square kilometers (1,175 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Klyuchi.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 18,267, with the population of Klyuchi accounting for 48.7% of that number.[3]

Klyuchevsky District Ключевский район
District
The selo of Kaip in Klyuchevsky District
Location of Klyuchevsky District in Altai Krai
Coordinates: 52°16′N 79°10′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Altai Krai[1]
Administrative center	Klyuchi[1]
Area [2]
• Total	3,043 km2 (1,175 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	18,267
• Estimate  (2018)[4]	16,459 (−9.9%)
• Density	6.0/km2 (16/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	10 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[1]	18 Rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Klyuchevsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	0 Urban settlements, 10 Rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+7 (MSK+4 [6])
OKTMO ID	01617000
Website	http://kluchialt.ru

Geography

Klyuchevsky District is located on the western border Altay Krai, on flat steppe landscape, with 26 significant lakes. There are no major rivers in through the district. 52% of the area is arable land in crops, another 20% used in pasture, and the southwest corner of the district is forested.[2] Klyuchevsky District is about 350 km southwest of the city of Novosibirsk, 280 km west of the regional city of Barnaul, and 2,600 km east of Moscow. The area measures 60 km (north–south), and 60 km (west–east); total area is 3,042 km2 (about 2% of Altai Krai). The administrative center is the town of Kluchi in the west-center of the district, on the one major road running north–south through the district.

The district is bordered on the north by Kulundinsky District, on the east by Rodinsky District, on the south by Mikhaylovsky District, and on the west by Pavlodar Region of Kazakhstan.

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Sources

• Алтайский краевой Совет народных депутатов. Закон №28-ЗС от 1 марта 2008 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Алтайского края», в ред. Закона №16-ЗС от 4 апреля 2017 г. «О присоединении станции Железнодорожная Казарма 572 км к посёлку Октябрьскому Октябрьского сельсовета Кулундинского района Алтайского края и внесении изменений в отдельные законы Алтайского края». Вступил в силу 8 марта 2008 г. Опубликован: "Алтайская правда", №67, 8 марта 2008 г. (Altai Krai Council of People's Deputies. Law #28-ZS of March 1, 2008 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Altai Krai, as amended by the Law #16-ZS of April 4, 2017 On Merging the Station of Zheleznodorozhnaya Kazarma 572 km into the Settlement of Oktyabrsky in Oktyabrsky Selsoviet of Kulundinsky District of Altai Krai and on Amending Various Laws of Altai Krai. Effective as of March 8, 2008.).
• Алтайский краевой Совет народных депутатов. Закон №141-ЗС от 29 декабря 2005 г. «О статусе и границах муниципальных и административно-территориальных образований Ключевского района Алтайского края», в ред. Закона №60-ЗС от 30 июня 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Алтайского края "О статусе и границах муниципальных и административно-территориальных образований Ключевского района Алтайского края"». Вступил в силу через 10 дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Алтайская правда", №17 (без приложений), 24 января 2006 г. (Altai Krai Council of People's Deputies. Law #141-ZS of December 29, 2005 On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal and the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Klyuchevsky District of Altai Krai, as amended by the Law #60-ZS of June 30, 2015 On Amending the Law of Altai Krai "On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal and the Administrative-Territorial Formations of Klyuchevsky District of Altai Krai". Effective as of after 10 days from the day of the official publication.).

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