Pryazhinsky District
District in Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Pryazhinsky District (Russian: Пря́жинский райо́н; Karelian: Priäžän piiri) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.[1] It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 6,389 square kilometers (2,467 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Pryazha.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 14,664, with the population of Pryazha accounting for 25.1% of that number.[4]
Pryazhinsky District
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View of the village of Manga and the R21 regional road in Pryazhinsky District | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Pryazhinsky District in the Republic of Karelia | |
| Coordinates: 61°42′N 33°37′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Karelia[1] |
| Established | 28 February 1930 |
| Administrative center | Pryazha[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,389 km2 (2,467 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 14,664 |
| • Density | 2.295/km2 (5.945/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 25.1% |
| • Rural | 74.9% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[5] | 1 urban-type settlements[6], 81 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Pryazhinsky Municipal District[7] |
| • Municipal divisions[8] | 1 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (UTC+03:00 [9]) |
| OKTMO ID | 86639000 |
| Website | http://pryazha.karelia.info |
| 2010 Census | 14,664[4] |
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| 2002 Census | 18,224[10] |
| 1989 Census | 22,880[11] |
| 1979 Census | 24,266[12] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Pryazhinsky District is one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia[1] and has administrative jurisdiction over one urban-type settlement (Pryazha) and eighty-one rural localities.[5] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Pryazhinsky Municipal District.[7] The urban-type settlement of Pryazha and three rural localities are incorporated into an urban settlement, while the remaining seventy-eight rural localities are incorporated into six rural settlements within the municipal district.[8] The urban-type settlement of Pryazha serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[2] and municipal[7] district.