Sysolsky District
District in Komi Republic, Russia
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Sysolsky District (Russian: Сысольский райо́н; Komi: Сыктыв район, Syktyv rajon) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twelve in the Komi Republic, Russia.[1] It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 6,140 square kilometers (2,370 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Vizinga.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 13,956, with the population of Vizinga accounting for 48.8% of that number.[3]
Sysolsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Komi | Сыктыв район |
Church of the Nativity, village Vyotcha, Sysolsky District | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Sysolsky District in the Komi Republic | |
| Coordinates: 61°05′N 50°05′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Komi Republic[1] |
| Established | 15 July 1929 |
| Administrative center | Vizinga[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,140 km2 (2,370 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 13,956 |
| • Density | 2.27/km2 (5.89/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 9 selo administrative territories, 2 settlement administrative territories |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 79 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Sysolsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 87632000 |
| Website | http://сысола-адм.рф |
| 2010 Census | 13,956[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 16,894[6] |
| 1989 Census | 19,568[7] |
| 1979 Census | 19,551[8] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sysolsky District is one of the twelve in the Komi Republic.[1] The district is divided into nine selo administrative territories and two settlement administrative territories, which comprise seventy-nine rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sysolsky Municipal District.[4] Its eleven administrative territories are incorporated as eleven rural settlements within the municipal district.[4] The selo of Vizinga serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[4] district.