Velikoustyugsky District
Velikoustyugsky District
Великоустюгский район (Russian) | |
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The Strelna River near the village of Studenoye in Velikoustyugsky District | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Velikoustyugsky District in Vologda Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 60°46′N 46°18′E / 60.767°N 46.300°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Vologda Oblast |
| Established | June 10, 1924 |
| Administrative center | Veliky Ustyug |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,700 km2 (3,000 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 18,087 |
| • Density | 2.3/km2 (6.1/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 20 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 434 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Velikoustyugsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 3 urban settlements, 17 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 19614000 |
| Website | http://www.vumr.ru |
Velikoustyugsky District (Russian: Великоу́стюгский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Kotlassky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in the north, Luzsky District of Kirov Oblast in the east, Podosinovsky District of Kirov Oblast in the southeast, Kichmengsko-Gorodetsky District in the south, Nyuksensky District in the west, and with Ustyansky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is 7,700 square kilometers (3,000 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Veliky Ustyug (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 18,087 (2010 census); 22,210 (2002 Census); 26,146 (1989 Soviet census).