Lakhdenpokhsky District
District in Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Lakhdenpokhsky District (Russian: Лахденпо́хский райо́н; Finnish and Karelian: Lahdenpohjan piiri) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.[1] It is located in the southwest of the republic. The area of the district is 2,200 square kilometers (850 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Lakhdenpokhya.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 14,235, with the population of Lakhdenpokhya accounting for 54.9% of that number.[4]
Lakhdenpokhsky District
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Koyonsaari Island in Lakhdenpokhsky District | |
![]() Location of Lakhdenpokhsky District in the Republic of Karelia | |
| Coordinates: 61°31′N 30°12′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Karelia[1] |
| Administrative center | Lakhdenpokhya[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,200 km2 (850 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 14,235 |
| • Density | 6.5/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 54.9% |
| • Rural | 45.1% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[5] | 1 cities/towns, 50 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Lakhdenpokhsky Municipal District[6] |
| • Municipal divisions[7] | 1 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (UTC+03:00 |
| OKTMO ID | 86618000 |
| Website | http://www.lahden-mr.ru |
| 2010 Census | 14,235[4] |
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| 2002 Census | 16,391[9] |
| 1989 Census | 18,879[10] |
| 1979 Census | 18,381[11] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Lakhdenpokhsky District is one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia[1] and has administrative jurisdiction over one town (Lakhdenpokhya) and fifty rural localities.[5] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Lakhdenpokhsky Municipal District.[6] The town of Lakhdenpokhya and one rural locality (the station of Yakkima) are incorporated into an urban settlement, while the remaining forty-nine rural localities are incorporated into four rural settlements within the municipal district.[7] The town of Lakhdenpokhya serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[2] and municipal[6] district.
See also
- Ivar Vidfamne, legendary Swedish king said to have been buried in Lakhdenpokhsky
