Segezhsky District
District in Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Segezhsky District (Russian: Сеге́жский райо́н; Karelian: Segežan piiri) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.[1] It is located in the east of the republic. The area of the district is 10,700 square kilometers (4,100 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Segezha.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 41,215, with the population of Segezha accounting for 71.9% of that number.[4]
Segezhsky District
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Voitsky Copper mine, a cultural heritage object of Russia in Nadvoitsy, Segezhsky District | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Segezhsky District in the Republic of Karelia | |
| Coordinates: 63°44′N 34°19′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Karelia[1] |
| Established | 27 August 1927 |
| Administrative center | Segezha[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,700 km2 (4,100 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 41,215 |
| • Density | 3.85/km2 (9.98/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 92.2% |
| • Rural | 7.8% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[5] | 1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements[6], 34 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Segezhsky Municipal District[7] |
| • Municipal divisions[8] | 2 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (UTC+03:00 [9]) |
| OKTMO ID | 86645000 |
| Website | http://home.onego.ru/~segadmin |
| 2010 Census | 41,215[4] |
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| 2002 Census | 15,624[10] |
| 1989 Census | 56,931[11] |
| 1979 Census | 56,949[12] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Segezhsky District is one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia[1] and has administrative jurisdiction over one town (Segezha), one urban-type settlement (Nadvoitsy), and thirty-four rural localities.[5] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Segezhsky Municipal District.[7] The town, the urban-type settlement, and six rural localities are incorporated into two urban settlements, while the remaining twenty-eight rural localities are incorporated into four rural settlements within the municipal district.[8] The town of Segezha serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[2] and municipal[7] district.