Altai Krai

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Altai Krai (Алта́йский край) is a regional subdivision of Russia in the Siberian Federal District. It borders with, clockwise from the south, Kazakhstan, Novosibirsk and Kemerovo Oblasts and the Altai Republic. The krai's administrative center is the city of Barnaul.

The region's main waterway is the Ob River. The region has an area of 169,100 km² and a population of around 2.6 million (census 2002). With over 600,000 inhabitants, Barnaul is the largest city of the territory.

Time zone

Altai Krai is located in the Novosibirsk Time Zone (NOVT/NOVST). UTC offset is +0600 (NOVT)/+0700 (NOVST).

Administrative division

Districts

Altai Krai consists of the following districts (Russian: районы):

Aleysky (Алейский)
Altaysky (Алтайский)
Bayevsky (Баевский)
Biysky (Бийский)
Blagoveshchensky (Благовещенский)
Burlinsky (Бурлинский)
Bystroistoksky (Быстроистокский)
Charyshsky (Чарышский)
Kalmansky (Калманский)
Kamensky (Каменский)
Khabarsky (Хабарский)
Klyuchevsky (Ключевский)
Kosikhinsky (Косихинский)
Krasnogorsky (Красногорский)
Krasnoshchyokovsky (Краснощёковский)
Krutikhinsky (Крутихинский)
Kulundinsky (Кулундинский)
Kuryinsky (Курьинский)
Kytmanovsky (Кытмановский)
Loktevsky (Локтевский)
Mamontovsky (Мамонтовский)
Mikhaylovsky (Михайловский)
Nemetsky (German) National (Немецкий национальный)
Novochikhinsky (Новочихинский)
Pankrushikhinsky (Панкрушихинский)
Pavlovsky (Павловский)
Pervomaysky (Первомайский)
Petropavlovsky (Петропавловский)
Pospelikhinsky (Поспелихинский)
Rebrikhinsky (Ребриховский)
Rodinsky (Родинский)
Romanovsky (Романовский)
Rubtsovsky (Рубцовский)
Shelabolikhinsky (Шелаболихинский)
Shipunovsky (Шипуновский)
Slavgorodsky (Славгородский)
Smolensky (Смоленский)
Soloneshensky (Солонешенский)
Soltonsky (Солтонский)
Sovetsky (Советский)
Suyetsky (Суетский)
Tabunsky (Табунский)
Talmensky (Тальменский)
Togulsky (Тогульский)
Topchikhinsky (Топчихинский)
Tretyyakovsky (Третьяковский)
Troitsky (Троицкий)
Tselinny (Целинный)
Tyumentsevsky (Тюменцевский)
Uglovsky (Угловский)
Ust-Kalmansky (Усть-Калманский)
Ust-Pristansky (Усть-Пристанский)
Volchikhinsky (Волчихинский)
Yegoryevsky (Егорьевский)
Yeltsovsky (Ельцовский)
Zalesovsky (Залесовский)
Zarinsky (Заринский)
Zavyyalovsky (Завьяловский)
Zmeinogorsky (Змеиногорский)
Zonalny (Зональный)

See also: Subdivisions of Russia

Administrative subdivisions of Russia

Federal subjects

Republics	Adygeya \| Altai \| Bashkortostan \| Buryatia \| Chechnya \| Chuvashia \| Dagestan \| Ingushetia \| Kabardino-Balkaria \| Karelia \| Khakassia \| Komi \| Kalmykia \| Karachay-Cherkessia \| Mari El \| Mordovia \| North Ossetia-Alania \| Sakha \| Tatarstan \| Tuva \| Udmurtia
Krais	Altai \| Khabarovsk \| Krasnodar \| Krasnoyarsk² \| Primorsky \| Stavropol
Oblasts	Amur \| Arkhangelsk \| Astrakhan \| Belgorod \| Bryansk \| Chelyabinsk \| Chita \| Irkutsk \| Ivanovo \| Kaliningrad \| Kaluga \| Kamchatka \| Kemerovo \| Kirov \| Kostroma \| Kurgan \| Kursk \| Leningrad \| Lipetsk \| Magadan \| Moscow \| Murmansk \| Nizhny Novgorod \| Novgorod \| Novosibirsk \| Omsk \| Orenburg \| Oryol \| Penza \| Perm¹ \| Pskov \| Rostov \| Ryazan \| Sakhalin \| Samara \| Saratov \| Smolensk \| Sverdlovsk \| Tambov \| Tomsk \| Tver \| Tula \| Tyumen \| Ulyanovsk \| Vladimir \| Volgograd \| Vologda \| Voronezh \| Yaroslavl
Federal cities	Moscow \| St. Petersburg
Autonomous oblasts	Jewish
Autonomous districts	Aga Buryatia \| Chukotka \| Evenkia² \| Khantia-Mansia \| Koryakia \| Nenetsia \| Permyakia¹ \| Taymyria² \| Ust-Orda Buryatia \| Yamalia

1. On December 1, 2005, Perm Oblast and Permyakia will be merged to form Perm Krai.

2. On January 1, 2007, Evenkia and Taymyria will be merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai.

Federal districts

Categories: Krais of Russia | Altai