En Name: | Lakhdenpokhsky District |
Ru Name: | Лахденпохский район |
Image View: | Койонсаари.JPG |
Coordinates: | 61.5167°N 42°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Lakhdenpokhsky District.svg |
Federal Subject: | Republic of Karelia |
Adm Data As Of: | June 2015 |
Adm Ctr Type: | town |
Adm Ctr Name: | Lakhdenpokhya |
No Of Cities Towns: | 1 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 50 |
Mun Data As Of: | April 2013 |
Mun Formation1: | Lakhdenpokhsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 4 |
Area Km2: | 2200 |
Area Km2 Ref: | [1] |
Pop 2010Census: | 14235 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 54.9% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 45.1% |
Website: | http://www.lahden-mr.ru |
Date: | July 2015 |
Population of Lakhdenpokhsky District | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 14,235 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 16,391 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 18,879 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 18,381 |
Lakhdenpokhsky District (Russian: Лахденпо́хский райо́н; Finnish and Karelian: Lahdenpohjan piiri) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.[2] It is located in the southwest of the republic. The area of the district is 2200km2. Its administrative center is the town of Lakhdenpokhya.[3] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 14,235, with the population of Lakhdenpokhya accounting for 54.9% of that number.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Lakhdenpokhsky District is one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia and has administrative jurisdiction over one town (Lakhdenpokhya) and fifty rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Lakhdenpokhsky Municipal District.[4] The town of Lakhdenpokhya and one rural locality (the station of Yakkima) are incorporated into an urban settlement, while the remaining forty-nine rural localities are incorporated into four rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The town of Lakhdenpokhya serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.