Klyuchevsky District (Russian: Ключе́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] 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]
Geography
Klyuchevsky District lies in the Kulunda Plain; flat steppe landscape dominates the area. There are no major rivers running through the district, but there are 26 significant lakes, including Krivaya Puchina, Shukyrtuz, Petukhovo, Petukhovskoye and Kurichye.[9][10] 52% of the area is arable land for crops, another 20% used in pasture, and the southwest corner of the district is forested.[2] Klyuchevsky District lies about 350 km to the southwest of the city of Novosibirsk, 280 km west of the regional city of Barnaul, and 2,600 km east of Moscow. The district measures 60 km (north–south), and 60 km (west–east); its total area is 3,042 km2 (about 2% of Altai Krai). The administrative center is the town of Klyuchi in the west-center of the district, on the one major road running north–south through the district.
^Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.
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.).