Magdagachinsky District (Russian: Магдагачинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 16,667 square kilometers (6,435 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Magdagachi.[2] Population: 22,671 (2010 Census);[4] 26,427 (2002 Census);[9] 33,682 (1989 Census).[10] The population of Magdagachi accounts for 48.1% of the district's total population.[4]

Magdagachinsky District Магдагачинский район
District
Magdagachinkoye Reservoir in Autumn
Coat of arms
Location of Magdagachinsky District in Amur Oblast
Coordinates: 53°27′N 125°48′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Amur Oblast[1]
Established	1926
Administrative center	Magdagachi[2]
Area [3]
• Total	16,667 km2 (6,435 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	22,671
• Estimate  (2018)[5]	20,234 (−10.7%)
• Density	1.4/km2 (3.5/sq mi)
• Urban	67.7%
• Rural	32.3%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	3 Urban settlements, 8 Rural settlements
• Inhabited localities[2]	3 Urban-type settlements[6], 18 Rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Magdagachinsky Municipal District[7]
• Municipal divisions[7]	3 Urban settlements, 8 Rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+9 (MSK+6 [8])
OKTMO ID	10631000
Website	http://www.magdagachi.ru/

Geography

Magdagachinsky District is located on the Amur-Zeya Plain, in the northwest of Amur Oblast. It is on the eastern (left) bank of the Amur River. The terrain is flat floodplain or slightly hilly ground between the Amur and the Zeya River, which runs in parallel along the district's eastern order about 10 km distant. Both rivers in this area run north to south. The Amur Highway runs through the middle of the district, as does the Trans-Siberian Railway. Both highway and railway run through the administrative center of Magdagachi. The district is 240 km north of the regional city of Blagoveshchensk. The area measures 200 km (north-south), and 110 km (west-east); total area is 16667 km2 (about 5% of Amur Oblast).[3]

The district is bordered on the north and east by Zeysky District, on the southeast by Shimanovsky District, on the west by Skovorodinsky District, and on the southwest by Daxing'anling Prefecture of Heilongjiang Province in China.

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• Амурский областной Совет народных депутатов. Закон №127-ОЗ от 23 декабря 2005 г. «О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Амурской области», в ред. Закона №272-ОЗ от 11 ноября 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Амурской области "О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Амурской области"». Вступил в силу со дня первого официального опубликования, за исключением подпункта "б" пункта 2 статьи 7, вступающего в силу с 1 января 2006 г. Опубликован: "Амурская правда", №11, 24 января 2006 г. (Amur Oblast Council of People's Deputies. Law #127-OZ of December 23, 2005 On the Procedures of Handling the Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Amur Oblast, as amended by the Law #272-OZ of November 11, 2013 On Amending the Law of Amur Oblast "On the Procedures of Handling the Issues of the Administrative and Territorial Structure of Amur Oblast". Effective as of the day of the first official publication, with the exception of subitem "b" of item 2 of Article 7, which is effective January 1, 2006.).
• Амурский областной Совет народных депутатов. Закон №477-ОЗ от 12 мая 2005 г. «Об установлении границ и наделении соответствующим статусом муниципального образования Магдагачинского района и муниципальных образований в его составе». Вступил в силу в соответствии со статьёй 3. Опубликован: "Амурская правда", №96, 17 мая 2005 г. (Amur Oblast Council of People's Deputies. Law #477-OZ of May 12, 2005 On Establishing the Borders of and Granting a Corresponding Municipal Formation Status to Magdagachinsky District and to the Municipal Formations It Comprises. Effective as of the date determined in accorrdance with the provisions set forth in Article 3.).

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