Achitsky District
administrative district in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Achitsky District (Russian: Ачитский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Achitsky Urban Okrug. The area of the district is 2,071.6 square kilometers (799.8 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Achit. Population: 16,807 (2010 Census); 19,132 (2002 census); 23,348 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Achit accounts for 29.4% of the district's total population.
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Областная Дума Законодательного Собрания Свердловской области. №105-ОЗ 23 декабря 2010 г. «Устав Свердловской обласит», в ред. Закона №56-ОЗ от 30 июня 2014 г.
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