Prigorodny District, Sverdlovsk Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Prigorodny District.

Prigorodny District (Russian: Пригородный райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.^[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Gornouralsky Urban Okrug (Горноура́льский городско́й о́круг).^[7][5] The area of the district is 3,513 square kilometers (1,356 sq mi).^[3] Its administrative center is the city of Nizhny Tagil^[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[8] Population: 38,527 (2010 Census);^[4] 43,488 (2002 Census);^[9] 52,651 (1989 Soviet census).^[10]

Prigorodny District Пригородный район
District
Natural landscape in Prigorodny District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Prigorodny District in Sverdlovsk Oblast
Coordinates: 58°04′N 59°54′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Sverdlovsk Oblast[1]
Established	1965
Administrative center	Nizhny Tagil[2]
Area [3]
• Total	3,513 km2 (1,356 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	38,527
• Density	11/km2 (28/sq mi)
• Urban	10.3%
• Rural	89.7%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Work settlements, 21 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[5]	1 urban-type settlements[6], 82 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Gornouralsky Urban Okrug[7][5]
Website	http://www.grgo.ru

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Prigorodny District is one of the thirty in the oblast.^[1] The city of Nizhny Tagil serves as its administrative center,^[2] despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[8]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Gornouralsky Urban Okrug.^[7][5] The City of Nizhny Tagil is incorporated separately from the district as Nizhny Tagil Urban Okrug.^[11]