Suoyarvsky District
Суоярвский район
District
Lake Suoyarvi in Suoyarvsky District
Lake Suoyarvi in Suoyarvsky District
Flag of Suoyarvsky District
Flag
Coat of arms of Suoyarvsky District
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Suoyarvsky District in the Republic of Karelia
Coordinates: 62°05′N 32°22′E / 62.083°N 32.367°E / 62.083; 32.367
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Karelia[1]
Established9 July 1940Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerSuoyarvi[2]
Area
[3]
 • Total13,731 km2 (5,302 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[4]
 • Total18,814
 • Estimate 
(2018)[5]
15,867 (−15.7%)
 • Density1.4/km2 (3.5/sq mi)
 • Urban
51.9%
 • Rural
48.1%
Administrative structure
 • Inhabited localities[6]1 cities/towns, 26 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asSuoyarvsky Municipal District[7]
 • Municipal divisions[8]1 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[9])
OKTMO ID86650000
Websitehttp://suojarvi.ru
Population of Suoyarvsky District
2010 Census18,814[4]
2002 Census24,028[10]
1989 Census26,913[11]
1979 Census27,788[12]

Suoyarvsky District (Russian: Суоя́рвский райо́н; Karelian: Suojärven piiri) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.[1] It is located in the west of the republic on the Finnish border. The area of the district is 13,731 square kilometers (5,302 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Suoyarvi.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 18,814, with the population of Suoyarvi accounting for 51.9% of that number.[4]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Suoyarvsky District is one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia[1] and has administrative jurisdiction over one town (Suoyarvi) and twenty-six rural localities.[6] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Suoyarvsky Municipal District.[7] The town of Suoyarvi is incorporated into an urban settlement, while the twenty-six rural localities are incorporated into four rural settlements within the municipal district.[8] The town of Suoyarvi serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[2] and municipal[7] district.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c Constitution of the Republic of Karelia
  2. ^ a b c Law #871-ZRK
  3. ^ a b "General Information" (in Russian). Suoyarvsky District. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  6. ^ a b Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 86 250», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 86 250, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
  7. ^ a b c Law #825-ZRK
  8. ^ a b Law #813-ZRK
  9. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  10. ^ Russian 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).
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.

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