Gdovsky District
| Gdovsky District Гдовский район (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Gdovsky District in Pskov Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 58°45′N 27°49′E / 58.750°N 27.817°ECoordinates: 58°45′N 27°49′E / 58.750°N 27.817°E | |
 The wall of the Gdov kremlin |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Pskov Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of April 2011) | |
| Administrative center | town of Gdov |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Cities/towns | 1 |
| Rural localities | 327 |
| Municipal structure (as of April 2011) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Gdovsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 1 |
| Rural settlements | 8 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,400 km2 (1,300 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 12,792 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 34.2% |
| • Rural | 65.8% |
| Density | 3.76/km2 (9.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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Gdovsky District (Russian: Гдо́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders with Slantsevsky District of Leningrad Oblast in the north, Plyussky District in the east, Strugo-Krasnensky District in the southeast, and with Pskovsky District in the south. Lake Peipus forms the border with Estonia in the west. The area of the district is 3,400 square kilometers (1,300 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Gdov. Population: 12,792 (2010 Census); 17,715 (2002 Census);19,842 (1989 Census). The population of Gdov accounts for 34.2% of the district's total population.
The districts belongs to the basin of the Narva River. The principal river in the north of the district is the Plyussa, which crosses the district, enters Leningrad Oblast, and joins the Narva. The biggest (left) tributary of the Plyussa within the district is the Lyuta. In the south of the district, rivers flow into Lake Peipus. The biggest of them are the Zhelcha and the Gdovka. In the south of the district, there is a system of lakes, the biggest of which is Lake Velino. A number of small offshore islands on Lake Peipus belong to the district as well.
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