Tyazhinsky District
municipal district in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
Tyazhinsky District (Russian: Тяжи́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Tyazhinsky Municipal District. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,531 square kilometers (1,363 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Tyazhinsky. Population: 25,597 (2010 census); 32,782 (2002 Census); 32,574 (1989 Soviet census). The population of the administrative center accounts for 43.4% of the district's total population.
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Совет народных депутатов Кемеровской области. Закон №215-ОЗ от 27 декабря 2007 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Кемеровской области», в ред.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as municipal district in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1655843. Authority coordinates are 56.120, 88.519. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010, 2002, 1989 and 2007.
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