En Name: | Penzhinsky District |
Ru Name: | Пенжинский район |
Image View: | Пенжинская губа.JPG |
Coordinates: | 63°N 167°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Penzhinsky rayon (Kamchatka krai).png |
Federal Subject: | Kamchatka Krai |
Adm Data As Of: | July 2012 |
Adm Ctr Type: | selo |
Adm Ctr Name: | Kamenskoye |
No Of Rural Localities: | 7 |
Mun Data As Of: | December 2008 |
Mun Formation1: | Penzhinsky District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 5 |
Area Km2: | 116086 |
Pop 2010Census: | 2340 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
Website: | http://xn----8sbnekahce1acgmcyl.xn--p1ai/ |
Date: | March 2013 |
Penzhinsky District (Russian: Пе́нжинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion) of Koryak Okrug in Kamchatka Krai, Russia, one of the eleven in the krai. It is located in the northwest of the krai. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kamenskoye. Population: The population of Kamenskoye accounts for 28.0% of the district's total population.
Ethnic composition (2021):[3]
The area of the district is 116086km2.[4]
The Ichigem Range, the northwesternmost range of the Koryak Highlands, rises in the district. Rivers Penzhina, Belaya, Oklan, Esgichninvayam and Zhirovaya are the main rivers flowing through the territory of the district.[5]