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Shmidtovsky District
Administrative division of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shmidtovsky District (Russian: Шми́дтовский райо́н) was an administrative district (raion) of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, which existed in 1973[citation needed]–2011.[1] As a municipal division, it was, together with Iultinsky Administrative District, incorporated as Iultinsky Municipal District. It was located in the far north of the autonomous okrug and bordered with Iultinsky District in the east, Anadyrsky District in the south, and with Chaunsky District in the west. The area of the district was 70,900 square kilometers (27,400 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center was the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Mys Shmidta. Population: 1,469 (2010 Russian census);[2] 2,660 (2002 Census);[3] 15,726 (1989 Soviet census).[4] The population of Mys Shmidta accounted for 33.5% of the district's total population.[2]