Yelizovsky District

Yelizovsky District Елизовский район
District
Road to Mutnovsky Glacier in Yelizovsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Yelizovsky District in Kamchatka Krai
Coordinates: 53°12′N 158°24′E / 53.200°N 158.400°E / 53.200; 158.400
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kamchatka Krai[1]
Established	November 17, 1949
Administrative center	Yelizovo[1]
Area [2]
• Total	40,996.4 km2 (15,828.8 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	24,566
• Density	0.60/km2 (1.6/sq mi)
• Urban	6.5%
• Rural	93.5%
Administrative structure
• Inhabited localities[1]	1 Urban-type settlements[4], 25 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Yelizovsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	2 urban settlements, 8 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+12 (MSK+9 [6])
OKTMO ID	30607000

Yelizovsky District (Russian: Ели́зовский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion) of Kamchatka Krai, Russia, one of the eleven in the krai. It is located in the south of the krai. The area of the district is 40,996.4 square kilometers (15,828.8 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the town of Yelizovo (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 24,566.^[3]

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yelizovsky District is one of the eleven in the krai.^[1] The town of Yelizovo serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town under krai jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Yelizovsky Municipal District, with Yelizovo Town Under Krai Jurisdiction being incorporated within it as Yelizovskoye Urban Settlement.^[5]

Ethnic composition (2010):^[3]

• Russians – 89.3%
• Ukrainians – 3.5%
• Koreans – 1.1%
• Tatars – 0.7%
• Others – 5.4%

• Законодательное Собрание Камчатского края. Закон №46 от 29 апреля 2008 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Камчатского края», в ред. Закона №659 от 30 июля 2015 г. «О внесении изменения в статью 5 Закона Камчатского края "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Камчатского края"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Официальные Ведомости", №65-69, 6 мая 2008 г. (Legislative Assembly of Kamchatka Krai. Law #46 of April 29, 2008 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kamchatka Krai, as amended by the Law #659 of July 30, 2015 On Amending Article 5 of the Law of Kamchatka Krai "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Kamchatka Krai". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
• Совет народных депутатов Камчатской области. Закон №255 от 29 декабря 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований, расположенных на територии Елизовского района Камчатской области, и о наделении их статусом муниципального района, городского, сельского поселения», в ред. Закона №712 от 7 декабря 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Камчатской области "Об установлении границ муниципальных образований, расположенных на територии Елизовского района Камчатской области, и о наделении их статусом муниципального района, городского, сельского поселения"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Официальные Ведомости", №3–4, 20 января 2005 г. (Council of People's Deputies of Kamchatka Oblast. Law #255 of December 29, 2004 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations Located on the Territory of Yelizovsky District of Kamchatka Oblast and on Grantig Them the Status of a Municipal District, Urban, Rural Settlement, as amended by the Law #712 of December 7, 2015 On Amending the Law of Kamchatka Oblast "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations Located on the Territory of Yelizovsky District of Kamchatka Oblast and on Grantig Them the Status of a Municipal District, Urban, Rural Settlement". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).