Verkhovazhsky District
| Verkhovazhsky District Верховажский район (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Verkhovazhsky District in Vologda Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 60°44′N 42°03′E / 60.733°N 42.050°ECoordinates: 60°44′N 42°03′E / 60.733°N 42.050°E | |
 Bridge over Vaga River in Chushevitsy |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Vologda Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of June 2012) | |
| Administrative center | selo of Verkhovazhye |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| Selsoviets | 14 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Rural localities | 230 |
| Municipal structure (as of June 2015) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Verkhovazhsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 0 |
| Rural settlements | 12 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,260 km2 (1,640 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 13,898 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Density | 3.26/km2 (8.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Established | July 15, 1929 |
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Verkhovazhsky District (Russian: Верхова́жский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast and borders with Velsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in the north, Ustyansky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in the northeast, Tarnogsky Districts in the east, Totemsky District in the south, Syamzhensky District in the southwest, Vozhegodsky District in the west, and with Konoshsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is 4,260 square kilometers (1,640 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Verkhovazhye. District's population: 13,898 (2010 Census); 16,346 (2002 Census);18,560 (1989 Census). The population of Verkhovazhye accounts for 36.2% of the district's total population.
The area of the district is slightly elongated from west to east. It is crossed from south to north by the Vaga River (the name of the district's administrative center, Verkhovazhye, means literally "on the Upper Vaga") and its tributaries, the largest of which are the Kuloy in the east and the Pezhma in the west. Areas in the west and in the southwest of the district belong to the basins of the tributaries of the Kubena, in the basin of the Sukhona River. The whole area of the district belongs to the basin of the Northern Dvina River.
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