title: Boguchansky District
text: # Boguchansky District
  
  Boguchansky District (Russian: Богуча́нский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-three in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is located in the east of the krai and borders with Evenkiysky District in the north, Kezhemsky District in the east, Irkutsk Oblast in the southeast, Abansky District in the south, Taseyevsky District in the southwest, and with Motyginsky District in the west. The area of the district is 53,985 square kilometers (20,844 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Boguchany. Population: 47,968 (2010 Census); 50,503 (2002 Census); 58,235 (1989 Census). The population of Boguchany accounts for 23.4% of the district's total population.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The district is situated in the Angara River basin. From north to south, the district stretches for 280 kilometers (170 mi).
  
  ## History
  
  The district was founded on July 4, 1927.
  
  ## Government
  
  The Head of the district is Alexander V. Bakhtin.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic composition of the population was as follows:
  
  * Russians: 86.4%
  * Germans: 6.3%
  * Chuvash: 1.8%
  * Ukrainians: 1.4%
  * Mordvins: 0.7%
  * Belarusians: 0.6%
  * Tatars: 0.5%
  * Khakas: 0.1%
  
  In 2009, the rate of the natural decline of the district population was 4.3 persons per 1,000 in 2006, which is in sharp contrast with the krai's average growth of 0.2 persons per 1,000.
  
  ## Economy
  
  * Boguchany Dam, launched in October 2012
  * Boguchany Aluminium Smelter, scheduled to open in 2013
  