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Soltonsky District

human settlement in Russia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ1822633 ↗
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Soltonsky District (Russian: Солто́нский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the east of the krai. The area of the district is 3,020 square kilometers (1,170 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Solton. Population: 8,610 (2010 census); 10,954 (2002 census); 11,891 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Solton accounts for 32.2% of the district's total population.

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Алтайский краевой Совет народных депутатов. Закон №28-ЗС от 1 марта 2008 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Алтайского края», в ред. Закона №16-ЗС от 4 апреля 2017 г.

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