Sapolyarny rajon
Rajon
Zapolyarny
Заполярный район
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The Sapoljarny rajon ( Russian Заполярный район , in German Polarrajon ) is an administrative unit within the Nenets Autonomous Okrug in north-western Russia . The Rajon covers the entire territory of the Autonomous Okrug, with the exception of the city of Naryan-Mar . The administrative center is the Iskatelei urban-type settlement .
geography
The Rajon is located in northwest Russia and covers an area of 170,000 km². With the exception of the district capital Narjan Mar, the Rajon thus covers the entire area of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
history
The Sapoljarny rajon was formed in February 2005 as part of a community reform. Alexander Besumov was elected head of the Rajon in December 2005 and was re-elected in 2009.
Administrative division
The Rayon's 19 communities ( муниципальное образование / munizipalnoje obrasowanije ) is divided, of which a gorodskoje posselenije ( городское поселение / urban settlement ) and 18 selskoje posselenije ( сельское поселение / rural settlement ). There is no city within the Rajon, but only an urban-type settlement with Iskatelei as the administrative center. The population of Sapolyarny district is 21,321 (as of 2010), which is 50% of the population of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
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Note: * Administrative seat of the municipality; ** Place on the territory of the Komi Republic
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Brief description of the Rajon on the official web presence of the Rajon Sapoljarny ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 13, 2011
- ↑ 2010 census as of October 14; preliminary results on the official website ( MS Excel ; 520 kB); Retrieved August 13, 2011
- ↑ Law on the administrative-territorial structure of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug ( RTF ; 932 kB) Retrieved on August 13, 2011
- ↑ Preliminary results of the All-Russian Census 2010 ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 13, 2011
- ↑ Article about possible area swaps at regions.ru , February 3, 2005. Accessed on August 13, 2011
- ^ Topographic map 1: 200,000, no.Q-40-XI, XII
Web links
- Official site of the Sapolyarny rajon (Russian)