Gornomariysky District
| Gornomariysky District Горномарийский район (Russian) Курыкмарий кундем (Meadow Mari) Кырык мары кымдем (Hill Mari) |
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 Location of Gornomariysky District in the Mari El Republic |
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 The selo of Paygusovo in Gornomariysky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Mari El Republic |
| Administrative structure (as of October 2014) | |
| Administrative center | town of Kozmodemyansk |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| Rural okrugs | 10 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Rural localities | 241 |
| Municipal structure (as of August 2014) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Gornomariysky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 0 |
| Rural settlements | 10 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,730 km2 (670 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 25,869 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Density | 14.95/km2 (38.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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| 2010 Census | 25,869 |
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| 2002 Census | 29,203 |
| 1989 Census | 32,949 |
| 1979 Census | 68,476 |
Gornomariysky District (Russian: Горномари́йский райо́н; Meadow Mari: Курыкмарий кундем; Hill Mari: Кырык мары кымдем) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic and is the only district on the right bank of the Volga River. It borders with Yurinsky District in the north, Kilemarsky District and the Chuvash Republic in the south, and with Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in the west. The area of the district is 1,730 square kilometers (670 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kozmodemyansk (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 25,869.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gornomariysky District is one of the fourteen in the republic. It is divided into 10 rural okrugs, comprising 241 rural localities. The town of Kozmodemyansk 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.
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