Pushkinogorsky District
| Pushkinogorsky District Пушкиногорский район (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Pushkinogorsky District in Pskov Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 57°01′N 28°55′E / 57.017°N 28.917°ECoordinates: 57°01′N 28°55′E / 57.017°N 28.917°E | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Pskov Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of December 2014) | |
| Administrative center | work settlement of Pushkinskiye Gory |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Urban-type settlements | 1 |
| Rural localities | 326 |
| Municipal structure (as of December 2014) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Pushkinogorsky Municipal District |
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| Urban settlements | 1 |
| Rural settlements | 3 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,059 km2 (409 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 9,253 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 56.4% |
| • Rural | 43.6% |
| Density | 8.74/km2 (22.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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Pushkinogorsky District (Russian: Пушкиного́рский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Ostrovsky District in the north, Novorzhevsky District in the east, Opochetsky District in the south, and with Krasnogorodsky District in the west. The area of the district is 1,059 square kilometers (409 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Pushkinskiye Gory. Population: 9,253 (2010 Census); 11,694 (2002 Census);13,566 (1989 Census). The population of Pushkinskiye Gory accounts for 56.4% of the district's total population.
The whole of the district lies in the basin of the Velikaya River, and thus of the Narva River. The Velikaya crosses the district from south to north dividing it into two approximately equal parts. The biggest tributaries of the Velikaya within the limits of the district are the Issa River (left) and the Sorot River (right). There are many lakes in the district, the biggest of which are Lakes Velye (shared with Krasnogorodsky District), Kuchane, and Beloguli.
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