Kholmogorsky District
| Kholmogorsky District Холмогорский район (Russian) |
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 Location of Kholmogorsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 64°13′N 41°39′E / 64.217°N 41.650°ECoordinates: 64°13′N 41°39′E / 64.217°N 41.650°E | |
 A road in Siysky Zakaznik, Kholmogorsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Arkhangelsk Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of 2013) | |
| Administrative center | selo of Kholmogory |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| Selsoviets | 18 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Rural localities | 423 |
| Municipal structure (as of October 2014) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Kholmogorsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 0 |
| Rural settlements | 17 |
| Statistics | |
| Area (municipal district) | 16,827 km2 (6,497 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 25,061 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Density | 1.49/km2 (3.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Established | July 15, 1929 |
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Kholmogorsky District (Russian: Холмого́рский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Municipally, it is incorporated as Kholmogorsky Municipal District. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Pinezhsky District in the east, Vinogradovsky District in the southeast, the territory of the town of oblast significance of Mirny in the south, Plesetsky District in the southwest, and with Primorsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 16,827 square kilometers (6,497 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kholmogory. District's population: 25,061 (2010 Census);30,797 (2002 Census);35,891 (1989 Census). The population of Kholmogory accounts for 16.6% of the district's total population.
The district is elongated from south to north and is crossed by the Northern Dvina River which divides it into two roughly equal parts. Almost the whole of the district belongs to the basins of the Northern Dvina River and its major tributaries. The main Northern Dvina tributaries within the district are the Yemtsa (left), the Pukshenga (right), and the Pinega (right). A minor area in the north of the district lies in the basin of the Kyolda River, a left tributary of the Kuloy. There are many glacial lakes, especially on the right bank of the Northern Dvina.
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