Bezhanitsky District
Bezhanitsky District
Бежаницкий район (Russian) | |
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Bezhanitskaya Upland in Bezhanitsky District | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Bezhanitsky District in Pskov Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 56°58′N 29°53′E / 56.967°N 29.883°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Pskov Oblast |
| Established | 1927 |
| Administrative center | Bezhanitsy |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,535 km2 (1,365 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 13,264 |
| • Density | 3.752/km2 (9.718/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 40.4% |
| • Rural | 59.6% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 2 urban-type settlements, 466 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Bezhanitsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 8 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 58604000 |
| Website | http://bezhanicy.reg60.ru/ |
Bezhanitsky District (Russian: Бежа́ницкий райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central and eastern parts of the oblast and borders with Dedovichsky District in the north, Poddorsky and Kholmsky Districts of Novgorod Oblast in the east, Loknyansky District in the south, Novosokolnichesky, Pustoshkinsky, and Opochetsky Districts in the southwest, and with Novorzhevsky District in the west. The area of the district is 3,535 square kilometers (1,365 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Bezhanitsy. Population: 13,264 (2010 census); 17,547 (2002 Census); 22,784 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Bezhanitsy accounts for 32.7% of the district's total population.