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Suoyarvsky District

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Country
  
Administrative center
  
town of Suoyarvi

Rural localities
  
26

Founded
  
9 July 1940

Federal subject
  
Cities/towns
  
1

Area
  
13,738 km²

Suoyarvsky District

Municipally incorporated as
  
Suoyarvsky Municipal District

Suoyarvsky District (Russian: Суоя́рвский райо́н; Karelian: Suojärven piiri) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the district is 13,731 square kilometers (5,302 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Suoyarvi. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 18,814, with the population of Suoyarvi accounting for 51.9% of that number.

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Map of Suoyarvsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Suoyarvsky District is one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia and has administrative jurisdiction over one town (Suoyarvi) and twenty-six rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Suoyarvsky Municipal District. The town of Suoyarvi is incorporated into an urban settlement, while the twenty-six rural localities are incorporated into four rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Suoyarvi serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

References

Suoyarvsky District Wikipedia


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