Arkharinsky District

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Arkharinsky District is an administrative and municipal district in Amur Oblast, Russia. It covers 14,355 square kilometers. The administrative center is Arkhara, an urban-type settlement.

Population
- 2010 Census: 17,186 people (about 56% urban, 44% rural)
- 2002 Census: 21,068
- 1989 Census: 27,537

Geography
- The district sits along a wide floodplain of the Amur River.
- In the northeast there is a terraced lowland, followed by the hills and plains of the Arkhara River basin (a tributary of the Amur).
- To the north lies the southern end of the Turan Range.

Administrative and municipal structure
- Administrative: 1 urban settlement and 15 rural settlements; 1 urban-type settlement and 48 rural localities.
- Municipal: Arkharinsky Municipal District, with 1 urban settlement and 15 rural settlements.

Time zone: UTC+9.