Prionezhsky District
District in Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Prionezhsky District (Russian: Прионе́жский райо́н; Karelian: Prionežjen piiri; Veps: Änižröunan rajon; Livvi: Oniegan rannikon piiri) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.[1] It is located in the southeast of the republic. The area of the district is 3,665 square kilometers (1,415 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the city of Petrozavodsk[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 21,502.[4]
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Prionezhsky District
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"Devil's Chair", a natural monument and a protected area of Russia in Prionezhsky District | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Prionezhsky District in the Republic of Karelia | |
| Coordinates: 61°47′N 34°23′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Karelia[1] |
| Established | 29 August 1927 |
| Administrative center | Petrozavodsk[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,665 km2 (1,415 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 21,502 |
| • Density | 5.867/km2 (15.20/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[5] | 51 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Prionezhsky Municipal District[6] |
| • Municipal divisions[7] | 0 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (UTC+03:00 [8]) |
| OKTMO ID | 86636000 |
| Website | https://prionego.ru/ |
| 2010 Census | 21,502[4] |
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| 2002 Census | 18,597[9] |
| 1989 Census | 25,439[10] |
| 1979 Census | 23,562[11] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Prionezhsky District is one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia[1] and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its fifty-one rural localities.[5] The city of Petrozavodsk serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a city of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Prionezhsky Municipal District.[6] Its fifty-one rural localities are incorporated into thirteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[7] The city of republic significance of Petrozavodsk is incorporated separately from the district as Petrozavodsky Urban Okrug,[12] but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.[6]