Segezhsky District

Segezhsky District (Russian: Сеге́жский райо́н; Karelian: Segežan piiri) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.^[1] It is located in the east of the republic. The area of the district is 10,700 square kilometers (4,100 sq mi).^[3] Its administrative center is the town of Segezha.^[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 41,215, with the population of Segezha accounting for 71.9% of that number.^[4]

Segezhsky District Сегежский район
District
Voitsky Copper mine, a cultural heritage object of Russia in Nadvoitsy, Segezhsky District
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Location of Segezhsky District in the Republic of Karelia
Coordinates: 63°44′N 34°19′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Karelia[1]
Established	27 August 1927
Administrative center	Segezha[2]
Area [3]
• Total	10,700 km2 (4,100 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	41,215
• Density	3.9/km2 (10.0/sq mi)
• Urban	92.2%
• Rural	7.8%
Administrative structure
• Inhabited localities[5]	1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements[6], 34 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Segezhsky Municipal District[7]
• Municipal divisions[8]	2 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (UTC+03:00 [9])
OKTMO ID	86645000
Website	http://home.onego.ru/~segadmin

Population of Segezhsky District

2010 Census	41,215[4]
2002 Census	15,624[10]
1989 Census	56,931[11]
1979 Census	56,949[12]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Segezhsky District is one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia^[1] and has administrative jurisdiction over one town (Segezha), one urban-type settlement (Nadvoitsy), and thirty-four rural localities.^[5] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Segezhsky Municipal District.^[7] The town, the urban-type settlement, and six rural localities are incorporated into two urban settlements, while the remaining twenty-eight rural localities are incorporated into four rural settlements within the municipal district.^[8] The town of Segezha serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[2] and municipal^[7] district.