Kochkovsky District
municipal district in Russia
Kochkovsky District (Russian: Кочковский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,518 square kilometers (972 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kochki. Population: 14,863 (2010 Census); 16,301 (2002 census); 16,745 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Kochki accounts for 27.3% of the district's total population.
Notable residents
Piotr Nazarov (1921–1988), painter and art teacher,
Geography
River Karasuk is located in the district.
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Sources
Новосибирский областной Совет депутатов. Закон №200-ОЗ от 2 июня 2004 г. «О статусе и границах муниципальных образований Новосибирской области», в ред.
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