Azovsky Nemetsky National District Азовский немецкий национальный район | |
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| Building in Azovo, the administrative center of Azovsky Nemetsky National District | |
Location of Azovsky Nemetsky National District in Omsk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 54°42′N73°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 |
| • 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 [4] |
| • Municipal divisions [4] | 0 urban settlements, 8 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (MSK+3 |
| 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 [4] 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. [6]