Tigilsky District
District in Kamchatka Krai, Russia
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Tigilsky District (Russian: Тиги́льский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Koryak Okrug of Kamchatka Krai, Russia, one of the eleven in the krai.[1] It is located in the west of the krai. The area of the district is 63,484 square kilometers (24,511 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Tigil.[1] Population: 7,307 (2010 census);[3] 9,341 (2002 census);[7] 12,452 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Tigil accounts for 23.1% of the district's total population.[3]
Tigilsky District
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Waterfall in Tigilsky District | |
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 Location of Tigilsky District in Koryak Okrug, Kamchatka Krai | |
| Coordinates: 57°46′N 158°44′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kamchatka Krai[1] |
| Established | 1 April 1926 |
| Administrative center | Tigil[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 63,484 km2 (24,511 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 7,307 |
| • Density | 0.1151/km2 (0.2981/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 43.2% |
| • Rural | 56.8% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 urban-type settlements[4], 7 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Tigilsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (MSK+9 [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 30832000 |
| Website | http://tigil.ru/ |
Ethnic composition (2021):[9]
- Russians – 36.9%
- Koryaks – 31.5%
- Itelmens – 20.3%
- Kamchadals – 3.6%
- Khakas – 1.5%
- Ukrainians – 1.4%
- Others – 4.8%
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tigilsky District is one of the eleven in the krai.[1] The selo of Tigil serves as its administrative center.[1]
As a municipal division, the territory of the district is split between two municipal formations—Tigilsky Municipal District,[5] to which seven of the administrative district's rural localities belong,[10] and Palana Urban Okrug,[11] which covers the rest of the administrative district's territory, including the urban-type settlement of Palana.[12]