Kemsky District
Кемский район | |
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Coordinates: 64°57′N 34°36′E / 64.950°N 34.600°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Republic of Karelia[1] |
Established | 1927 |
Administrative center | Kem[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 8,029 km2 (3,100 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 17,756 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 15,037 (−15.3%) |
• Density | 2.2/km2 (5.7/sq mi) |
• Urban | 73.5% |
• Rural | 26.5% |
Administrative structure | |
• Inhabited localities[6] | 1 cities/towns, 18 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Kemsky Municipal District[7] |
• Municipal divisions[8] | 1 urban settlements, 3 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [9]) |
OKTMO ID | 86612000 |
Website | http://www.kemrk.ru |
2010 Census | 17,756[4] |
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2002 Census | 5,386[10] |
1989 Census | 27,346[11] |
1979 Census | 29,177[12] |
Kemsky District (Russian: Ке́мский райо́н; Karelian: Kemin piiri) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.[1] It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 8,029 square kilometers (3,100 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Kem.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 17,756, with the population of Kem accounting for 73.5% of that number.[4]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kemsky District is one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia[1] and has administrative jurisdiction over one town (Kem) and eighteen rural localities.[6] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kemsky Municipal District.[7] The town of Kem and three rural localities are incorporated into an urban settlement, while the remaining fifteen rural localities are incorporated into three rural settlements within the municipal district.[8] The town of Kem serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[2] and municipal[7] district.