Lovozersky District
| Lovozersky District Ловозерский район (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Lovozersky District in Murmansk Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 67°00′N 38°00′E / 67.000°N 38.000°ECoordinates: 67°00′N 38°00′E / 67.000°N 38.000°E | |
 View of the selo of Kanevka in Lovozersky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Murmansk Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of April 2011) | |
| Administrative center | selo of Lovozero |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Urban-type settlements | 1 |
| Rural localities | 4 |
| Municipal structure (as of November 2009) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Lovozersky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 1 |
| Rural settlements | 1 |
| Local government: | |
| Head | Dmitry Pisarev |
| Representative body | Council of Deputies |
| Statistics | |
| Area (municipal district) | 53,800 km2 (20,800 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 11,820 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 71.2% |
| • Rural | 28.8% |
| Density | 0.22/km2 (0.57/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Established | August 1, 1927 |
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Lovozersky District (Russian: Лово́зерский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.Municipally, it is incorporated as Lovozersky Municipal District. It occupies most of the central and northeastern parts of the Kola Peninsula. The area of the district is 53,800 square kilometers (20,800 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Lovozero. District's population: 11,820 (2010 Census);14,311 (2002 Census);18,263 (1989 Census). The population of Lovozero accounts for 24.3% of the district's total population.
The territory of the district encompasses almost the entire northern half of the Kola Peninsula, excluding the town of Ostrovnoy. The Ponoy and Yokanga Rivers flow through the district's territory. The Kandalaksha Nature Reserve, a federal-level strict ecological reserve, covers a portion of the Barents Sea coast on the north of Lovozersky District.
The district was established on August 1, 1927, when the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsIK) issued two Resolutions: "On the Establishment of Leningrad Oblast" and "On the Borders and Composition of the Okrugs of Leningrad Oblast". According to these resolutions, Murmansk Governorate was transformed into Murmansk Okrug, which was divided into six districts (Lovozersky being one of them) and included into Leningrad Oblast. The administrative center of the district was established in the selo of Lovozero.
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