Shemonaikha District

Shemonaikha (Kazakh: Шемонаиха ауданы, Şemonaiha audany) is a district of East Kazakhstan Region in eastern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Shemonaikha.[3] Population: 46,409 (2013 estimate);[2] 49,202 (2009 Census results);[4] 57,815 (1999 Census results).[4]

Shemonaikha
District
Шемонаиха ауданы
Official seal of Shemonaikha
Seal
Country Kazakhstan
RegionEast Kazakhstan Region
Administrative centerShemonaikha
Founded1928
Government
 • AkimAkulov Grigory Iosifovich[1]
Area
 • Total4,000 km2 (2,000 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)[2]
 • Total46,409
Time zoneUTC+6 (East)

Geography

Located in the north of East Kazakhstan Region. It borders in the east with Glubokovsky, in the west - with Borodulikha, in the south - with Ulansky districts of East Kazakhstan region, in the north - with Altai Territory Russian Federation.[5]

History

Shemonaikha district was formed on January 17, 1928 from Shemonaevskaya, parts of Kalininskaya, Ubinskaya volosts Semipalatinsk district and part of Krasnooktyabrskaya volost Ust-Kamenogorsk district with the center in the village of Shemonaikha. On June 11, 1959, the Arable Council, Verkhubinsky, Vydrikinsky and Bolsherechensky village councils of the abolished Verkh-Ubinsky district were attached to the Shemonaikha district.[6]

References
  1. "Акимат Шемонаихинского района". www.gov.kz.
  2. "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  3. www.geonames.de Subdivisions of Kazakhstan in local languages
  4. "Население Республики Казахстан" [Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  5. "Шемонаихинский район". e-arhiv.vko.gov.kz.
  6. Ведомости Верховного Совета СССР. № 24 (956), 1959 г.

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