Boguchansky District


Boguchansky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the east of the krai and borders with Evenkiysky District in the north, Kezhemsky District in the east, Irkutsk Oblast in the southeast, Abansky District in the south, Taseyevsky District in the southwest, and with Motyginsky District in the west. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Boguchany. Population: 50,503 ; The population of Boguchany accounts for 23.4% of the district's total population.
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Geography

The district is situated in the Angara River basin. From north to south, the district stretches for.

History

The district was founded on July 4, 1927.

Government

The Head of the district is Alexander Medvedev.

Demographics

As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic composition of the population was as follows:
In 2009, the rate of the natural decline of the district population was 4.3 persons per 1,000 in 2006, which is in sharp contrast with the krai's average growth of 0.2 persons per 1,000.

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