Mari-Tureksky District Explained

En Name:Mari-Tureksky District
Ru Name:Мари-Турекский район
Loc Name1:Марий Тӱрек кундем
Loc Lang1:Meadow Mari
Loc Lang2:Hill Mari
Image View:Большой Карлыган.jpg
Coordinates:56.751°N 49.282°W
Image Coa:RUS Мари-Турекский район COA.gif
Federal Subject:Mari El Republic
Adm Data As Of:October 2014
Adm Ctr Type:urban-type settlement
Adm Ctr Name:Mari-Turek
Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type:Urban-type settlements
No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance:1
Selsoviet Type1:Rural okrugs
No Of Selsoviets Type1:5
No Of Urban-Type Settlements:1
No Of Rural Localities:119
Mun Data As Of:August 2014
Mun Formation1:Mari-Tureksky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:1
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:5
Area Km2:1500
Pop 2010Census:23155
Urban Pop 2010Census:22.3%
Rural Pop 2010Census:77.7%
Website:https://www.mari-tyrek.ru
Date:October 2012
Population of Mari-Tureksky District
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:23,155
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:25,577
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:27,698
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:29,901

Mari-Tureksky District (Russian: Мари́-Туре́кский райо́н; Марий Тӱрек кундем, Marij Türek kundem) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic. The area of the district is 1500km2. Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Mari-Turek.[3] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 23,155, with the population of Mari-Turek accounting for 22.3% of that number.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mari-Tureksky District is one of the fourteen in the republic. It is divided into one urban-type settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Mari-Turek) and 5 rural okrugs, all of which comprise 119 rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Mari-Tureksky Municipal District. Mari-Turek Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the five rural okrugs are incorporated into five rural settlements within the municipal district. The urban-type settlement of Mari-Turek serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Notable residents

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Notes and References

  1. Law #22-Z
  2. Law #15-Z
  3. Resolution #9