Boksitogorsky District
Boksitogorsky District
Бокситогорский район | |
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Source of the Volozhba River, in Boksitogorsky District | |
Location of Boksitogorsky District in Leningrad Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 59°29′N 34°40′E / 59.483°N 34.667°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast |
| Established | July 25, 1952 |
| Administrative center | Boksitogorsk |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,200 km2 (2,800 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 15,695 |
| • Density | 2.2/km2 (5.6/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 23.0% |
| • Rural | 77.0% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 2 Settlement municipal formations (towns), 1 Settlement municipal formations (urban-type settlements), 7 Settlement municipal formations (rural settlements) |
| • Inhabited localities | 2 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements, 258 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Boksitogorsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 3 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 41603000 |
| Website | http://www.boksitogorsk.ru/ |
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Boksitogorsky District (Russian: Бокситого́рский 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 Tikhvinsky District in the north and west, Babayevsky District of Vologda Oblast in the east, Chagodoshchensky District of Vologda Oblast in the southeast, Khvoyninsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the south, and with Lyubytinsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the southwest. The area of the district is 7,200 square kilometers (2,800 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Boksitogorsk. Population (excluding the administrative center): 15,695 (2010 Census); 17,698 (2002 Census); 49,452 (1989 Soviet census).