Kovdorsky District

Kovdorsky District
Ковдорский район
Pirengensky Reserve, Kovdorsky District
Pirengensky Reserve, Kovdorsky District
Flag of Kovdorsky District
Coat of arms of Kovdorsky District
Map
Location of Kovdorsky District in Murmansk Oblast
Coordinates: 67°34′N 30°28′E / 67.567°N 30.467°E / 67.567; 30.467
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMurmansk Oblast[1]
EstablishedNovember 29, 1979[2]
Administrative centerKovdor[1]
Government
 • TypeLocal government
 • BodyCouncil of Deputies[3]
 • Head[3]Nikolay Karelsky[4]
Area
 • Total
4,066 km2 (1,570 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
21,297
 • Density5.2/km2 (14/sq mi)
 • Urban
88.4%
 • Rural
11.6%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Towns, 1 Territorial okrugs
 • Inhabited localities1 cities/towns, 5 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asKovdorsky Urban Okrug[7]
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[8])
OKTMO ID47703000
Websitehttp://kovadm.ru

Kovdorsky District (Russian: Ковдо́рский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.[1] It is located to the west of the Kola Peninsula. The area of the district is 4,066 square kilometers (1,570 sq mi).[5] Its administrative center is the town of Kovdor.[1] Population: 21,297 (2010 Census);[6] 24,404 (2002 Census);[9] 36,786 (1989 Soviet census).[10] The population of Kovdor accounts for 88.4% of the district's total population.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d Law #96-01-ZMO
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  4. ^ Official website of Kovdorsky Urban Okrug. Head of Kovdorsky Urban Okrug Archived April 20, 2017, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  5. ^ a b Department of Education of Kovdorsky District. Final Report on the Analysis of the Condition of the Educational System in Kovdorsky District in 2015 (in Russian)
  6. ^ 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.
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  8. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  9. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  10. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.