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Coat of arms
  
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Federal subject
  
Udmurt Republic

selsoviet
  
8

Founded
  
15 July 1929

Country
  
Russia

Administrative center
  
selo of Grakhovo

Rural localities
  
41

Area
  
970.6 km²

Grakhovsky District

Grakhovsky District (Russian: Гра́ховский райо́н; Udmurt: Грах ёрос) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-five in the Udmurt Republic, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the republic. The area of the district is 967.7 square kilometers (373.6 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Grakhovo. Population: 9,354 (2010 Census); 10,879 (2002 Census); 11,699 (1989 Census). The population of Grakhovo accounts for 34.7% of the district's total population.

Contents

Map of Grakhovsky District, Udmurt Republic, Russia

Geographic infornation

The district is bordered by Kiznersky District of Udmurtia in the West, Mozhginsky District of Udmurtia in the North, Alnashsky District in the East and the Republic of Tatarstan in the South. An eastern part of the district is located in the Mozhga Hills and a western part of the district is located in the Umyak River's valley. On territory of the district there are rivers: Umyak, Bolshoy Syryan, Yaga, Adamka, Kuzebayka, Yurashka (tributary of the Toyma), Yurashka (tributary of the Adamka), Sayka, Vozzhayka, Kokshanka, Tylovayka and Eryksa.

The area of the district is 967.74 square kilometers. The woodiness of the district is 35.1 %.

Population

Template:Histogram Census in Russia

References

Grakhovsky District Wikipedia