Tikhvinsky District
| Tikhvinsky District Тихвинский район (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Tikhvinsky District in Leningrad Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 59°38′N 33°30′E / 59.633°N 33.500°ECoordinates: 59°38′N 33°30′E / 59.633°N 33.500°E | |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of May 2012) | |
| Administrative center | town of Tikhvin |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| settlement municipal formation | 8 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Cities/towns | 1 |
| Rural localities | 197 |
| Municipal structure (as of May 2010) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Tikhvinsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 1 |
| Rural settlements | 8 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,018 km2 (2,710 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 12,529 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Density | 1.79/km2 (4.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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Tikhvinsky District (Russian: Ти́хвинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Lodeynopolsky District in the north, Podporozhsky District in the northeast, Babayevsky District of Vologda Oblast in the east, Boksitogorsky District in the southeast, Lyubytinsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the south, Kirishsky District in the west, and Volkhovsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 7,018 square kilometers (2,710 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Tikhvin. Population (excluding the administrative center): 12,529 (2010 Census); 14,637 (2002 Census);17,104 (1989 Census).
Almost all the entire area of the district belongs to the drainage basin of Lake Ladoga. The rivers in the southern part of the district drain into the Syas, which itself crosses the district from south to north. The biggest tributary of the Syas within the district is the Tikhvinka (right). The central and northern parts of the district belong to the basin of the Pasha River, a tributary of the Svir. The source of the Pasha is in Lake Pashozero inside the district, and a considerable part of the course of the Pasha lies in the district. The major tributary of the Pasha, the Kapsha River, also mainly flows within the district. Minor areas in the northeast of the district belong to the drainage basins of the Oyat, another tributary of the Svir, and the Suda, and thus the divide between the basins of the Baltic and the Caspian Seas crosses the district. Almost all of the area of the district is covered by forests.
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