Valdaysky District
Valdaysky District
Валдайский район | |
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The Valdayka River in Valdaysky District | |
Location of Valdaysky District in Novgorod Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 57°58′N 33°15′E / 57.967°N 33.250°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Novgorod Oblast |
| Established | October 1, 1927 |
| Administrative center | Valday |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,701.63 km2 (1,043.11 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 26,476 |
| • Density | 9.8/km2 (25/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 60.8% |
| • Rural | 39.2% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Towns of district significance, 8 Settlements |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 183 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Valdaysky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 8 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 49608000 |
| Website | http://valdayadm.ru/ |
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Valdaysky District (Russian: Валда́йский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Okulovsky District in the north, Bologovsky District of Tver Oblast in the east, the territory of the closed administrative-territorial formation of Ozyorny of Tver Oblast in the southeast, Firovsky District of Tver Oblast in the south, Demyansky District in the southwest, and with Krestetsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,701.63 square kilometers (1,043.11 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Valday. Population: 26,476 (2010 Census); 29,943 (2002 Census); 32,373 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Valday accounts for 60.8% of the district's total population.