En Name: | Medvedevsky District |
Ru Name: | Медведевский район |
Loc Name1: | Маскасола кундем |
Loc Lang1: | Meadow Mari |
Loc Lang2: | Hill Mari |
Image View: | Малая Кокшага 1090268.jpg |
Coordinates: | 56.666°N 47.216°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of arms of Medvedevsky District (Mari El).svg |
Federal Subject: | Mari El Republic |
Adm Data As Of: | October 2014 |
Adm Ctr Type: | urban-type settlement |
Adm Ctr Name: | Medvedevo |
Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type: | Urban-type settlements |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance: | 2 |
Selsoviet Type1: | Rural okrugs |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 16 |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 2 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 158 |
Mun Data As Of: | August 2014 |
Mun Formation1: | Medvedevsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 2 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 16 |
Area Km2: | 2800 |
Pop 2010Census: | 67703 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 31.6% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 68.4% |
Website: | http://www.medvedevo12.ru |
Date: | October 2012 |
Population of Medvedevsky District | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 67,703 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 53,848 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 52,285 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 47,850 |
Medvedevsky District (Russian: Медве́девский райо́н; Маскасола кундем, Maskasola 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 central and northern parts of the republic. The area of the district is 2800km2.[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Medvedevo.[4] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 67,703, with the population of Medvedevo accounting for 24.9% of that number.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Medvedevsky District is one of the fourteen in the republic. It is divided into 2 urban-type settlements (administrative divisions with the administrative centers in the urban-type settlements (inhabited localities) of Krasnooktyabrsky and Medvedevo) and 16 rural okrugs, all of which comprise 158 rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Medvedevsky Municipal District. The two urban-type settlements are incorporated into two urban settlements, and the sixteen rural okrugs are incorporated into sixteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The urban-type settlement of Medvedevo serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.