Zvenigovsky District Explained

En Name:Zvenigovsky District
Ru Name:Звениговский район
Loc Name1:Провой кундем
Loc Lang1:Meadow Mari
Loc Lang2:Hill Mari
Image View:На берегу озера Таир.JPG
Coordinates:55.9833°N 50°W
Image Coa:Gerb-Zvenigovsky-region.gif
Federal Subject:Mari El Republic
Adm Data As Of:October 2014
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Zvenigovo
Town Of District Significance Type:Towns of district significance
No Of Towns Of District Significance:1
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 Type1:7
No Of Cities Towns:1
No Of Urban-Type Settlements:2
No Of Rural Localities:80
Mun Data As Of:August 2014
Mun Formation1:Zvenigovsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:3
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:7
Area Km2:2748
Pop 2010Census:44976
Urban Pop 2010Census:48.5%
Rural Pop 2010Census:51.5%
Website:http://admzven.ru
Date:October 2012
Population of Zvenigovsky District
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:44,976
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:46,267
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:50,905
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:49,299

Zvenigovsky District (Russian: Звени́говский райо́н; Провой кундем, Provoj 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 south of the republic. The area of the district is 2748km2. Its administrative center is the town of Zvenigovo.[3] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 44,976, with the population of Zvenigovo accounting for 26.6% of that number.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zvenigovsky District is one of the fourteen in the republic. It is divided into one town of district significance (Zvenigovo), two urban-type settlements (administrative divisions with the administrative centers in the urban-type settlements (inhabited localities) of Krasnogorsky and Suslonger), and seven rural okrugs, all of which comprise eighty rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zvenigovsky Municipal District. The town of district significance and the two urban-type settlements are incorporated into three urban settlements, and the seven rural okrugs are incorporated into seven rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Zvenigovo serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

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Notes and References

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