Zapolyarny District

Zapolyarny District
Заполярный район
Pechora River, Zapolyarny District
Pechora River, Zapolyarny District
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Coat of arms of Zapolyarny District
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Zapolyarny District covers Nenets Autonomous Okrug, except for city of Naryan-Mar which is in the center, on the Pechora River.
Coordinates: 67°40′N 53°08′E / 67.667°N 53.133°E / 67.667; 53.133
CountryRussia
Federal subjectNenets Autonomous Okrug[1]
Administrative centerIskateley[1]
Area
 • Total170,000 km2 (70,000 sq mi)
Population
 • Total20,432
 • Density0.12/km2 (0.31/sq mi)
 • Urban
33.7%
 • Rural
66.3%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Urban-type settlements of district significance, 17 Selsoviets
 • Inhabited localities[1]1 Urban-type settlements[4], 41 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asZapolyarny Municipal District[1]
 • Municipal divisions[1]1 urban settlements, 18 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
OKTMO ID11811000
Websitehttp://zrnao.ru

Zapolyarny District (Russian: Заполя́рный райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), the only one in Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia.[1] It encompasses all of the territory of the autonomous okrug, with the exception of the territory of the town of okrug significance of Naryan-Mar, the only other top-level administrative division of the autonomous okrug.[1] The area of the district is approximately 170,000 square kilometers (66,000 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Iskateley.[1] Population: 20,432 (2010 Census).[3] The population of Iskateley accounts for 33.7% of the district's total population.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Law #557-OZ
  2. ^ a b Official website of Zapolyarny District. Background Notes Archived March 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  3. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ^ The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.