Novokuznetsky District

Novokuznetsky District
Новокузнецкий район
The Bolshoy Tesh River valley in Novokuznetsky District
Location of Novokuznetsky District in Kemerovo Oblast
Coordinates: 53°45′N 87°07′E / 53.750°N 87.117°E / 53.750; 87.117
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKemerovo Oblast
Established4 September 1924
Administrative centerNovokuznetsk
Area
  Total
13,039.5989 km2 (5,034.6173 sq mi)
Population
  Total
50,681
  Estimate 
(January 2014)
51,082
  Density3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions6 rural territorie
  Inhabited localities134 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asNovokuznetsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions0 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+7 (MSK+4 )
OKTMO ID32619000
Websiteadmnkr.ru
Population of Novokuznetsky District
2010 Census50,681
2002 Census50,812
1989 Census39,436
1979 Census44,532

Novokuznetsky District (Russian: Новокузне́цкий райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Novokuznetsky Municipal District. 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 13,039.5989 square kilometers (5,034.6173 sq mi). 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.