Pinezhsky District
| Pinezhsky District Пинежский район (Russian) |
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 Location of Pinezhsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 64°04′N 44°27′E / 64.067°N 44.450°ECoordinates: 64°04′N 44°27′E / 64.067°N 44.450°E | |
 A karst cave in Pinezhsky Nature Reserve in Pinezhsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Arkhangelsk Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of 2011) | |
| Administrative center | selo of Karpogory |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| selsoviet | 17 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Rural localities | 124 |
| Municipal structure (as of March 2012) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Pinezhsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 0 |
| Rural settlements | 15 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 32,100 km2 (12,400 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 26,978 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Density | 0.84/km2 (2.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Established | July 15, 1929 |
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Pinezhsky District (Russian: Пи́нежский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Municipally, it is incorporated as Pinezhsky Municipal District. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Mezensky District in the north, Leshukonsky District and Udorsky District of the Komi Republic in the east, Verkhnetoyemsky District in the south, Vinogradovsky District in the southwest, Kholmogorsky District in the west, and with Primorsky District in the northwest. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Karpogory. District's population: 26,978 (2010 Census);33,516 (2002 Census);40,486 (1989 Census). The population of Karpogory accounts for 16.5% of the district's total population.
The district is elongated from the northwest to the southeast; a major part of it belongs to the basin of the Pinega River which divides the district into roughly equal areas.
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