Poshekhonsky District

Poshekhonsky District (Russian: Пошехо́нский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[6] district (raion), one of the seventeen in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 4,400 square kilometers (1,700 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the town of Poshekhonye.^[1] Population: 14,292 (2010 Census);^[3] 18,209 (2002 Census);^[8] 22,734 (1989 Soviet census).^[9] The population of Poshekhonye accounts for 42.6% of the district's total population.^[3]

Poshekhonsky District Пошехонский район
District
Rybinsk Reservoir near the selo of Fedorkovo in Poshekhonsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Poshekhonsky District in Yaroslavl Oblast
Coordinates: 58°30′N 39°07′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Yaroslavl Oblast[1]
Established	10 June 1929
Administrative center	Poshekhonye[1]
Area [2]
• Total	4,400 km2 (1,700 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	14,292
• Estimate  (2018)[4]	13,227 (−7.5%)
• Density	3.2/km2 (8.4/sq mi)
• Urban	42.6%
• Rural	57.4%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Towns of district significance, 18 Rural okrugs
• Inhabited localities[5]	1 cities/towns, 414 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Poshekhonsky Municipal District[6]
• Municipal divisions[6]	1 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [7])
OKTMO ID	78634000
Website	http://www.adm.yar.ru/power/mest/poshekh/