Vozhegodsky District
Vozhegodsky District
Вожегодский район (Russian) | |
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Location of Vozhegodsky District in Vologda Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 60°44′N 42°03′E / 60.733°N 42.050°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Vologda Oblast |
| Established | July 15, 1929 |
| Administrative center | Vozhega |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,500 km2 (2,100 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 16,790 |
| • Density | 3.1/km2 (7.9/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 40.1% |
| • Rural | 59.9% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements, 15 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 urban-type settlements, 308 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Vozhegodsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 19618000 |
| Website | http://www.vozhega.ru |
Vozhegodsky District (Russian: Вожего́дский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast and borders with Konoshsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in the north, Verkhovazhsky District in the east, Syamzhensky District in the southeast, Kharovsky District in the south, Ust-Kubinsky District in the southwest, and with Kirillovsky District in the west. The area of the district is 5,500 square kilometers (2,100 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Vozhega. Population: 16,790 (2010 census); 18,976 (2002 Census); 22,470 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Vozhega accounts for 40.1% of the district's total population.