Shemonaikha District

District in East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan

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Country

KazakhstanRegionEast Kazakhstan RegionAdministrative centerShemonaikhaFounded1928Government

• AkimAkulov Grigory Iosifovich^[1]Area

• Total4,000 km² (2,000 sq mi)Population

(2013)^[2]

• Total46,409Time zoneUTC+6 (East)

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]

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

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