Balezinsky District (russian: Балези́нский райо́н; udm, Балезино ёрос, ''Balezino joros'') is an administrative
[Constitution of the Udmurt Republic] and municipal
[Law #73-RZ] district (
raion), one of the
twenty-five in the
Udmurt Republic,
Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center is the
rural locality (a settlement) of
Balezino.
[Law #46-RZ] Population: 38,443 (
2002 Census);
The population of Balezino accounts for 46.6% of the district's total population.
Geography
Rivers flowing through the district include the
Cheptsa
The Cheptsa (; udm, Чупчи) is a river in the north part of Udmurtian Republic (Udmurtia) and eastern Kirov Oblast, in Russia. It flows through the city Glazov and flows into the Vyatka in Kirovo-Chepetsk, east of Kirov. It is long, and i ...
, the
Kep, the
Lopya, the
Kama, the
Pyzep, the
Lyuk, and others.
History
The district was created on July 15, 1929 by merging
Balezinskaya and
Yagoshurskaya Volosts of
Glazovsky Uyezd
Glazovsky Uyezd (''Глазовский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Vyatka Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the eastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Glazov.
Demographics
At the time ...
.
Demographics
Ethnic composition (according to the 2002 Census):
Udmurt people: 57.6%;
Russians: 30.9%;
Tatars: 9.8%.
References
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Districts of Udmurtia