Mozhginsky District (Russian: Можги́нский райо́н; Udmurt: Можга ёрос, Možga joros) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the twenty-five in the Udmurt Republic, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the republic. The area of the district is 1,997 square kilometers (771 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Mozhga (which is not administratively a part of the district).[2] Population: 28,293 (2010 Russian census);[4] 30,358 (2002 Census);[8] 30,236 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
Mozhginsky District
Можгинский район | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Udmurt | Можга ёрос |
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Coordinates: 56°27′00″N 51°43′26″E / 56.450°N 51.724°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Udmurt Republic[1] |
Established | 15 July 1929 |
Administrative center | Mozhga[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,997 km2 (771 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 28,293 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 26,136 (−7.6%) |
• Density | 14/km2 (37/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 19 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities | 112 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Mozhginsky Municipal District[6] |
• Municipal divisions[6] | 0 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+4 (MSK+1 [7]) |
OKTMO ID | 94635000 |
Website | http://www.mozhga-rayon.ru |
The Vala River is the main river in the district.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mozhginsky District is one of the twenty-five in the republic.[1] The town of Mozhga serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[2]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Mozhginsky Municipal District.[6] The town of republic significance of Mozhga is incorporated separately from the district as Mozhga Urban Okrug.[10]
Ethnic composition (according to the 2002 Census):[11]