Azovsky Nemetsky National District
Азовский немецкий национальный район | |
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Coordinates: 54°42′N 73°02′E / 54.700°N 73.033°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Omsk Oblast [1] |
Established | 17 February 1992 |
Administrative center | Azovo [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,400 km2 (500 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 22,925 |
• Estimate (2018)
[4] | 25,341 (+10.5%) |
• Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 8 rural okrug |
• Inhabited localities [1] | 28 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Azovsky Nemetsky National Municipal District [5] |
• Municipal divisions [5] | 0 urban settlements, 8 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+6 ( MSK+3 [6]) |
OKTMO ID | 52601000 |
Website | http://www.azov.omskportal.ru/ |
Azovsky Nemetsky National District ( Russian: Азо́вский Неме́цкий национа́льный райо́н, romanized: Azovskiy Nemetskiy natsionalnyy rayon, lit. 'Azovo German National District'; German: Deutscher Nationalkreis Asowo) is an administrative [1] and municipal [5] district ( raion), one of the thirty-two in Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,400 square kilometers (540 sq mi). [2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Azovo. [1] In the Russian Census of 2010, the population was 22,925. [3] The population of Azovo accounts for 26.2% of the district's total population. [3]
The first villages in what is now Azovsky Nemetsky National District were founded in 1893 by the Volga Germans.
Heads of the district administration were Bruno Heinrich Reuters (1992-2010) and Viktor Sabelfeld (2010-present).
The population of the district as of January 1, 2007 was 22,246, of which 56% were Germans, 24% Russians, 8.3% Kazakhs, and 6.8% Ukrainians.[ citation needed]
Being considered cultural heritage, and in order for the Azovsky Nemetsky National District to be a refuge for the dispersed and diminished Russlanddeutsche, the German language is officially endorsed, i.e., protected, supported and promoted. [7]