Leshukonsky District
Leshukonsky District
Лешуконский район (Russian) | |
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Riverbank scene, Leshukonsky District | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Leshukonsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 64°54′N 45°46′E / 64.900°N 45.767°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Arkhangelsk Oblast |
| Established | July 15, 1929 |
| Administrative center | Leshukonskoye |
| Area | |
• Total | 28,100 km2 (10,800 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 7,979 |
| • Density | 0.284/km2 (0.735/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 7 selsoviet |
| • Inhabited localities | 47 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Leshukonsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 11638000 |
| Website | http://www.leshukonia.ru/ |
Leshukonsky District (Russian: Лешуко́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Leshukonsky Municipal District. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Mezensky District in the north, Ust-Tsilemsky District of the Komi Republic in the east, Udorsky District of the Komi Republic in the south, and with Pinezhsky District in the west. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Leshukonskoye. District's population: 7,979 (2010 census); 10,708 (2002 census); 15,488 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Leshukonskoye accounts for 55.2% of the district's population.