Verkhnetoyemsky District

Verkhnetoyemsky District
Верхнетоемский район
Landscape in Verhnetoymesky District
Location of Verkhnetoyemsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast
Coordinates: 61°15′N 46°39′E / 61.250°N 46.650°E / 61.250; 46.650
CountryRussia
Federal subjectArkhangelsk Oblast
EstablishedApril 10, 1924
Administrative centerVerkhnyaya Toyma
Area
  Total
20,400 km2 (7,900 sq mi)
Population
  Total
17,060
  Density0.84/km2 (2.2/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions14 Selsoviets
  Inhabited localities287 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asVerkhnetoyemsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions0 urban settlements, 8 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
OKTMO ID11508000
Websitehttp://www.vtojma.ru

Verkhnetoyemsky District (Russian: Верхнето́емский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Verkhnetoyemsky Municipal District. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Pinezhsky District in the north, Udorsky District of the Komi Republic in the east, Krasnoborsky and Ustyansky Districts in the south, Shenkursky District in the west, and with Vinogradovsky District in the northwest. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Verkhnyaya Toyma. District's population: 17,060(2010 Census); 22,630(2002 Census); 27,989(1989 Soviet census). The population of Verkhnyaya Toyma accounts for 20.3% of the district's total population.