Ust-Tsilemsky District

Ust-Tsilemsky District (Russian: Усть-Ци́лемский райо́н; Komi: Чилимдiн район, Ćilimdïn rajon) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twelve in the Komi Republic, Russia.^[1] It is located in the northwest of the republic. The area of the district is 42,500 square kilometers (16,400 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Ust-Tsilma.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 13,036, with the population of Ust-Tsilma accounting for 37.4% of that number.^[3]

Ust-Tsilemsky District Усть-Цилемский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Komi	Чилимдiн район
Pizhma River, a left tributary of the Pechora River, in Ust-Tsilemsky District
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Location of Ust-Tsilemsky District in the Komi Republic
Coordinates: 65°26′N 52°09′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Komi Republic[1]
Established	1929
Administrative center	Ust-Tsilma[1]
Area [2]
• Total	42,500 km2 (16,400 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	13,036
• Density	0.31/km2 (0.79/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	10 Selo administrative territories, 1 Settlement administrative territories
• Inhabited localities[1]	37 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Ust-Tsilemsky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	87652000
Website	http://ust-cilma.ru

Population of Ust-Tsilemsky District

2010 Census	13,036[3]
2002 Census	15,408[6]
1989 Census	16,557[7]
1979 Census	17,088[8]

Geography

The district's administrative center is located on the Pechora River across from the mouths of both the Tsilma and Pizhma Rivers.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ust-Tsilemsky District is one of the twelve in the Komi Republic.^[1] The district is divided into ten selo administrative territories and one settlement administrative territory, which comprise thirty-seven rural localities.^[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ust-Tsilemsky Municipal District.^[4] Its eleven administrative territories are incorporated as eleven rural settlements within the municipal district.^[4] The selo of Ust-Tsilma serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district.