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Belomorsky District

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Country
  
Russia

Administrative center
  
town of Belomorsk

Rural localities
  
56

Founded
  
29 August 1927

Federal subject
  
Republic of Karelia

Cities/towns
  
1

Area
  
12,797 km²

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Municipally incorporated as
  
Belomorsky Municipal District

Belomorsky District (Russian: Беломо́рский райо́н; Karelian: Belomorskin piiri) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic. The area of the district is 13,000 square kilometers (5,000 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Belomorsk. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 19,118, with the population of Belomorsk accounting for 58.7% of that number.

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Map of Belomorsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Belomorsky District is one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia and has administrative jurisdiction over one town (Belomorsk) and fifty-six rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Belomorsky Municipal District. The town of Belomorsk and eleven rural localities are incorporated into an urban settlement, while the remaining forty-five rural localities are incorporated into three rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Belomorsk serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

References

Belomorsky District Wikipedia