Pyshchugsky District
District in Kostroma Oblast, Russia
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Pyshchugsky District (Russian: Пы́щугский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,966 square kilometers (759 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Pyshchug.[1] Population: 3,484 (2021 census);[7] 5,201 (2010 census);[3] 6,176 (2002 Census);[8] 6,965 (1989 Soviet census).[9] The population of Pyshchug accounts for 60.3% of the district's total population.[3]
Pyshchugsky District
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Landscape in Pyshchugsky District | |
![]() Location of Pyshchugsky District in Kostroma Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 58°53′01″N 45°42′35″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kostroma Oblast[1] |
| Administrative center | Pyshchug[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,966 km2 (759 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 5,201 |
| • Density | 2.645/km2 (6.852/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 4 Settlements |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 46 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Pyshchugsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 34638000 |
| Website | http://www.pyshchug-adm.ru/ |
