Podporozhsky District
| Podporozhsky District Подпорожский район (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Podporozhsky District in Leningrad Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 60°49′42″N 33°50′51″E / 60.82833°N 33.84750°ECoordinates: 60°49′42″N 33°50′51″E / 60.82833°N 33.84750°E | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of May 2012) | |
| Administrative center | town of Podporozhye |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| settlement municipal formation | 1 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Cities/towns | 1 |
| Urban-type settlements | 3 |
| Rural localities | 68 |
| Municipal structure (as of May 2010) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Podporozhsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 4 |
| Rural settlements | 1 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,679 km2 (2,965 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 13,000 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 62.8% |
| • Rural | 37.2% |
| Density | 1.69/km2 (4.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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Podporozhsky District (Russian: Подпоро́жский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Prionezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia in the north, Vytegorsky District of Vologda Oblast in the east, Babayevsky District of Vologda Oblast in the southeast, Tikhvinsky District in the south, Lodeynopolsky District in the southwest, and Olonetsky and Pryazhinsky Districts of the Republic of Karelia in the northwest. In the northeast, the district is bounded by Lake Onega. The area of the district is 7,679 square kilometers (2,965 sq mi), which makes it the largest district in Vologda Oblast. Its administrative center is the town of Podporozhye. Population (excluding the administrative center): 13,000 (2010 Census); 14,845 (2002 Census);18,075 (1989 Census).
Almost the whole area of the district belongs to the drainage basin of the Svir River. The Svir, which connects Lake Onega and Lake Ladoga, has its source in the district and crosses the northern part of the district from east to west. The course of the Svir above the Upper Svir Hydroelectric Station was turned into the Ivinsky Razliv Reservoir. The biggest tributaries of the Svir within the district is the Oyat River (left), which crosses the district from east to west as well, and the Vazhinka River (right). Much of the area of the district belongs to the basin of the Oyat. Minor areas in the southeast of the district belong to the basins of the Pasha River, another major tributary of the Svir, and the Suda River, a tributary of the Rybinsk Reservoir of the Volga River basin. Thus, the divide between the basins of the Atlantic Ocean (the Svir) and the Caspian Sea (the Suda) crosses the district.
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