Votkinsky District
District in Udmurt Republic, Russia
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Votkinsky District (Russian: Во́ткинский райо́н; Udmurt: Вотка ёрос, Votka joros) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the twenty-five in the Udmurt Republic, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic. The area of the district is 1,863.8 square kilometers (719.6 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Votkinsk (which is not administratively a part of the district).[2] Population: 24,114 (2010 census);[4] 23,709 (2002 Census);[7] 22,767 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Votkinsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Udmurt | Вотка ёрос |
Entrance to the selo of Iyulskoye in Votkinsky District | |
![]() Location of Votkinsky District in the Udmurt Republic | |
| Coordinates: 57°03′N 53°58′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Udmurt Republic[1] |
| Established | 4 November 1926 |
| Administrative center | Votkinsk[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,863.8 km2 (719.6 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 24,114 |
| • Density | 12.938/km2 (33.509/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 23.8% |
| • Rural | 76.2% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 12 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[5] | 69 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Votkinsky Municipal District[6] |
| • Municipal divisions[6] | 0 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
| Website | http://votray.ru/ |
Geography
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Votkinsky District is one of the twenty-five in the republic.[1] The town of Votkinsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[2]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Votkinsky Municipal District.[6] The town of republic significance of Votkinsk is incorporated separately from the district as Votkinsk Urban Okrug.[9]
Demographics
Ethnic composition (according to the 2002 Census):[5]
- Russians: 71%
- Udmurt people: 22.4%
- Tatars: 1.95%
