Onezhsky District
Onezhsky District
Онежский район | |
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Landscape near the village of Vorzogory in Onezhsky District | |
Location of Onezhsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 63°43′N 37°27′E / 63.717°N 37.450°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Arkhangelsk Oblast |
| Established | July 15, 1929 |
| Administrative center | Onega |
| Area | |
• Total | 23,740 km2 (9,170 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 14,017 |
| • Density | 0.59/km2 (1.5/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 20.6% |
| • Rural | 79.4% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements with jurisdictional territory, 13 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 urban-type settlements, 96 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Onezhsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 2 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 11646000 |
| Website | http://www.onegaland.ru/ |
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Onezhsky District (Russian: Оне́жский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Onezhsky Municipal District. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders with Primorsky District in the northeast, Plesetsky District in the southeast, Pudozhsky, Medvezhyegorsky, and Segezhsky Districts of the Republic of Karelia in the southwest, and with Belomorsky District of the Republic of Karelia in the west. In the north, the district is washed by the White Sea. The area of the district is 23,740 square kilometers (9,170 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Onega (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 14,017 (2010 Census); 16,791 (2002 Census); 22,269 (1989 Soviet census).