Mozhginsky District
District in Udmurt Republic, Russia
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Mozhginsky District (Russian: Можги́нский райо́н; Udmurt: Можга ёрос, Možga joros) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] 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 1,997 square kilometers (771 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Mozhga (which is not administratively a part of the district).[2] Population: 28,293 (2010 census);[4] 30,358 (2002 Census);[7] 30,236 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Mozhginsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Udmurt | Можга ёрос |
The selo of Gornyak in Mozhginsky District | |
![]() Location of Mozhginsky District in the Udmurt Republic | |
| Coordinates: 56.450°N 51.724°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Udmurt Republic[1] |
| Established | 15 July 1929 |
| Administrative center | Mozhga[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,997 km2 (771 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 28,293 |
| • Density | 14.17/km2 (36.69/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 19 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 112 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Mozhginsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (MSK+1 |
| OKTMO ID | 94635000 |
| Website | http://www.mozhga-rayon.ru |
Geography
The Vala River is the main river in the district.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mozhginsky District is one of the twenty-five in the republic.[1] The town of Mozhga serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[2]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Mozhginsky Municipal District.[5] The town of republic significance of Mozhga is incorporated separately from the district as Mozhga Urban Okrug.[9]
Demographics
Ethnic composition (according to the 2002 Census):[10]
- Udmurt people: 64%
- Russians: 30%
- Tatars and other: 4%
