Mansky District ( Russian : Ма́нский райо́н ) is an administrative and municipal district ( raion ), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai , Russia . It is located in the south of the krai and borders with Beryozovsky District in the north and northwest, Uyarsky District in the northeast, Partizansky District in the southeast, Kuraginsky District in the south, and with Balakhtinsky District in the southwest. The area of the district is 5,976 square kilometers (2,307 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo ) of Shalinskoye . Population: 16,077 ( 2010 Census ) ; 18,618 ( 2002 Census ); 21,888 ( 1989 Soviet census ) . The population of Shalinskoye accounts for 24.5% of the district's total population.
4-596: Mansky District is situated in the Mana River valley. It stretches for 197 kilometers (122 mi) from north to south. Bolshaya Oreshnaya Cave , the second longest-stretching cave in Russia, is located on the district's territory. Other notable caves include Tyomnaya, Ledyanaya, Belaya, and Medvezhya, which are a part of the Badzheyskiye Caves nature sanctuary of regional importance—a protected area of inanimate nature and
8-723: A habitat of rare species. The district was founded on April 4, 1924. As of 2013, the Head of the district and the Chairman of the District Council is Sergey V. Belonozhkin. Mana River The Mana ( Russian : Ма́на ) is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai , Russia, a right tributary of the Yenisey . The Mana has a length of 475 kilometres (295 mi) and a basin area of 9,320 square kilometres (3,600 sq mi). The Mana
12-538: Is a popular place of rafting tourism, mostly on the calm, easily passable part of the river beginning from the Beret village or more difficult, from the village of Bolshoy Ungut . The place called Manskiy Plyos near Ust-Mana is very popular for holding various festivals , such as the traditional festival of bard songs. It flows northwest from the Eastern Sayan Mountains . The upper river called Pravaya Mana
16-571: Is a typical mountain river having many rapids, the lower part is calm, winding among the high hills. It joins the Yenisey some 16 kilometres (10 mi) from Krasnoyarsk city, where the Ust-Mana village is located. The river freezes over in the first half of November, ice breaking usually begins in the second half of April. This Krasnoyarsk Krai location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to
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