Pechorsky District
Pechorsky District
Печорский район | |
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Izborsk, Pechorsky District | |
Location of Pechorsky District in Pskov Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 57°49′N 27°36′E / 57.817°N 27.600°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Pskov Oblast |
| Established | January 16, 1945 |
| Administrative center | Pechory |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,251 km2 (483 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 22,123 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (46/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 50.6% |
| • Rural | 49.4% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 386 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Pechorsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 58640000 |
| Website | http://pechory.reg60.ru/ |
Pechorsky District (Russian: Печо́рский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders with Pskovsky District in the northwest, Palkinsky District in the southeast, Alūksne municipality of Latvia in the southwest, and with Võru and Põlva Counties of Estonia in the northwest. Lake Peipus limits the district from the north. The area of the district is 1,251 square kilometers (483 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Pechory. Population: 22,123 (2010 Census); 25,300 (2002 Census); 27,199 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Pechory accounts for 50.6% of the district's total population.