Pryazhinsky District
Пряжинский район | |
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Coordinates: 61°42′N 33°37′E / 61.700°N 33.617°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Republic of Karelia[1] |
Established | 28 February 1930 |
Administrative center | Pryazha[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 6,389 km2 (2,467 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 14,664 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 14,164 (−3.4%) |
• Density | 2.3/km2 (5.9/sq mi) |
• Urban | 25.1% |
• Rural | 74.9% |
Administrative structure | |
• Inhabited localities[6] | 1 Urban-type settlements[7], 81 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Pryazhinsky Municipal District[8] |
• Municipal divisions[9] | 1 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [10]) |
OKTMO ID | 86639000 |
Website | http://pryazha.karelia.info |
2010 Census | 14,664[4] |
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2002 Census | 18,224[11] |
1989 Census | 22,880[12] |
1979 Census | 24,266[13] |
Pryazhinsky District (Russian: Пря́жинский райо́н; Karelian: Priäžän piiri) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.[1] It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 6,389 square kilometers (2,467 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Pryazha.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 14,664, with the population of Pryazha accounting for 25.1% of that number.[4]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Pryazhinsky District is one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia[1] and has administrative jurisdiction over one urban-type settlement (Pryazha) and eighty-one rural localities.[6] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Pryazhinsky Municipal District.[8] The urban-type settlement of Pryazha and three rural localities are incorporated into an urban settlement, while the remaining seventy-eight rural localities are incorporated into six rural settlements within the municipal district.[9] The urban-type settlement of Pryazha serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[2] and municipal[8] district.