Konoshsky District
Konoshsky District
Коношский район (Russian) | |
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House in Konosha | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Konoshsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 60°58′N 40°14′E / 60.967°N 40.233°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Arkhangelsk Oblast |
| Established | March 21–22, 1935 |
| Administrative center | Konosha |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,500 km2 (3,300 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 26,106 |
| • Density | 3.1/km2 (8.0/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 47.6% |
| • Rural | 52.4% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements with jurisdictional territory, 10 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 urban-type settlements, 164 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Konoshsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 11622000 |
| Website | http://www.konosha.ru/ |
Konoshsky District (Russian: Ко́ношский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Konoshsky Municipal District. It is located in the southwest of the oblast and borders with Nyandomsky District in the north, Velsky District in the east, Verkhovazhsky, Vozhegodsky, and Kirillovsky Districts of Vologda Oblast in the south, and with Kargopolsky District in the west. The area of the district is 8,500 square kilometers (3,300 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Konosha. Population: 26,106 (2010 census); 31,067 (2002 census); 42,136 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Konosha accounts for 47.6% of the district's total population.