Shuryshkarsky District
District in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
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Shuryshkarsky District (Russian: Шурышкарский райо́н; Khanty: Ӆорвош район, Łorvoš rajon) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the seven in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the autonomous okrug. The area of the district is 54,016 square kilometers (20,856 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Muzhi.[1] Population: 9,814 (2010 Census);[3] 9,559 (2002 census);[6] 9,001 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of Muzhi accounts for 36.8% of the district's total population.[3]
Shuryshkarsky District
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Hamlet (selo) Ovgort by the Synya river, Shuryshkharsky District | |
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 Location of Shuryshkarsky District in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug | |
| Coordinates: 65°23′53″N 64°41′55″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug[1] |
| Established | 1930 |
| Administrative center | Muzhi[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 54,016 km2 (20,856 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 9,814 |
| • Density | 0.1817/km2 (0.4706/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 27 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Shuryshkarsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 71926000 |
| Website | https://admmuji.yanao.ru |
Ethnic composition (2021):[8]
Geography
Mount Payer, part of the Polar Urals and the highest point of the okrug, is located in the district.[9][10]