Plastovsky District (Russian: Пластовский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.[1] It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,751.76 square kilometers (676.36 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Plast.[1] Population (excluding the administrative center): 8,624 (2010 Census).[3]

Plastovsky District Пластовский район
District
Museum in Plast, Plastovsky District
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Location of Plastovsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast
Coordinates: 54°22′N 60°49′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Chelyabinsk Oblast[1]
Established	3 November 1923
Administrative center	Plast[1]
Area [2]
• Total	1,751.76 km2 (676.36 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	8,624
• Estimate  (2018)[4]	25,509 (+195.8%)
• Density	4.9/km2 (13/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Towns, 4 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[1]	1 Cities/towns, 19 Rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Plastovsky Municipal District[1]
• Municipal divisions[1]	1 Urban settlements, 4 Rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+5 (MSK+2 [5])
OKTMO ID	75648000
Website	http://www.plastrayon.ru/

Geography

Plastovsky District is located in the center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, in the transition zone between the forest-steppe of the Ural Mountains, 50 km to the west, and the steppe to the east. Average elevation is 200-250 meters, rising to 420 meters in the southwest. There is a large pine forest reserve (Sanarsky Zakaznick) in the south of the district.[6] Underlying rock is granite, with occasional slate and limestone.

Plastovsky District is 80 km southwest of the city of Chelyabinsk, and 1,400 km southeast of Moscow. The area measures 35 km (north-south), and 40 km (west-east); total area is 1,751 km2 (about 2.0% of Chelyabinsk Oblast). The administrative center is the town of Plast.[2]

The district is bordered on the north by Chebarkulsky District, on the east by Uvelsky District, on the south by Troitsky District, and on the west by Uysky District.

History

Gold-bearing sands and veins of the area were first worked in 1845, with the opening of the Kochkarskoye gold fields. Gold has been the main industry of Plast throughout the history of the district, with other mineral businesses based on silver, kyanite, kaolin, and granite building stone.

References

Notes

Sources

• Законодательное Собрание Челябинской области. Постановление №161 от 25 мая 2006 г. «Об утверждении перечня муниципальных образований (административно-территориальных единиц) Челябинской области и населённых пунктов, входящих в их состав», в ред. Постановления №2255 от 23 октября 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в перечень муниципальных образований (административно-территориальных единиц) Челябинской области и населённых пунктов, входящих в их состав». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Южноуральская панорама", №111–112, 14 июня 2006 г. (Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast. Resolution #161 of November 25, 2006 On Adoption of the Registry of the Municipal Formations (Administrative-Territorial Units) of Chelyabinsk Oblast and of the Inhabited Localities They Comprise, as amended by the Resolution #2255 of October 23, 2014 On Amending the Registry of the Municipal Formations (Administrative-Territorial Units) of Chelyabinsk Oblast and of the Inhabited Localities They Comprise. Effective as of the official publication date.).

External links

• Plastovsky District on Google Maps
• Plastovsky District on OpenStreetMap

На других языках

[ru] Пластовский район