Kukmorsky District
Kukmorsky District
Кукморский район (Russian) | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Tatar | Кукмара районы |
Pond near Byaylanger, Kukmorsky District | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Kukmorsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan | |
| Coordinates: 56°09′N 50°52′E / 56.150°N 50.867°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Tatarstan |
| Established | 1930 |
| Administrative center | Kukmor |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,493 km2 (576 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 52,021 |
| • Density | 34.84/km2 (90.24/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 32.5% |
| • Rural | 67.5% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 urban-type settlements, 123 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Kukmorsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 29 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 92633000 |
| Website | http://kukmor.tatarstan.ru/ |
Kukmorsky District (Russian: Кукморский райо́н; Tatar: Кукмара районы) is a territorial administrative unit and municipality of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. The district is located in the north of the republic and occupies a total area of 1,493 square kilometers (576 sq mi). According to the 2010 census, the municipality had a population of 52,021. As of 2020, the district population was 51,567 people. The administrative center of the district is the urban-type settlement of Kukmor which accounts for 32.5% of the district's total population.
Initially a working village, Zavod Kukmor began as a community that formed around a copper processing enterprise. A metal smelting plant was subsequently founded there and a Kukmor industrial park has been operating on the territory of the settlement since 2015. Two years later the village of Kukmor received the status of a city. There are three city-forming enterprises in the district as of 2020.