Tikhvinsky District
Tikhvinsky District
Тихвинский район (Russian) | |
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Location of Tikhvinsky District in Leningrad Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 59°38′N 33°30′E / 59.633°N 33.500°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast |
| Established | 1 August 1927 |
| Administrative center | Tikhvin |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,018 km2 (2,710 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 12,529 |
| • Density | 1.785/km2 (4.624/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 8 settlement municipal formation |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 197 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Tikhvinsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 8 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 41645000 |
| Website | http://tikhvin.org/ |
Tikhvinsky District (Russian: Ти́хвинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Lodeynopolsky District in the north, Podporozhsky District in the northeast, Babayevsky District of Vologda Oblast in the east, Boksitogorsky District in the southeast, Lyubytinsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the south, Kirishsky District in the west, and Volkhovsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 7,018 square kilometers (2,710 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Tikhvin. Population (excluding the administrative center): 12,529 (2010 census); 14,637 (2002 Census); 17,104 (1989 Soviet census).