Pizhansky District
Пижанский район | |
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Coordinates: 57°27′32″N 48°32′05″E / 57.45889°N 48.53472°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kirov Oblast[1] |
Established | 15 July 1929 |
Administrative center | Pizhanka[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,160.2 km2 (448.0 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 11,242 |
• Density | 9.7/km2 (25/sq mi) |
• Urban | 34.5% |
• Rural | 65.5% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements, 5 Rural okrugs |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 1 Urban-type settlements[3], 109 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Pizhansky Municipal District[4] |
• Municipal divisions[4] | 1 urban settlements, 5 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [5]) |
OKTMO ID | 33531000 |
Website | https://pizhanka-r43.gosuslugi.ru/ |
Pizhansky District (Russian: Пижа́нский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,160.2 square kilometers (448.0 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Pizhanka.[1] Population: 11,242 (2010 Census);[2] 13,580 (2002 Census);[6] 15,220 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of Pizhanka accounts for 34.5% of the district's total population.[2]