Kondopozhsky District (russian: Кондопо́жский райо́н; krl, Kondupohjan piiri) is an administrative district (

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), one of fifteen in the

Republic of Karelia The Republic of Karelia (russian: Респу́блика Каре́лия, Respublika Kareliya; ; krl, Karjalan tašavalta; ; fi, Karjalan tasavalta; vep, Karjalan Tazovaldkund, Ludic: ''Kard’alan tazavald''), also known as just Karelia (ru ...

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.Constitution of the Republic of Karelia It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is . Its

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...

is the

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Kondopoga Kondopoga (russian: Ко́ндопога; krl, Kondupohju; fi, Kontupohja) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Kondopozhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located by the northern tip ...

.Law #871-ZRK As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 41,114, with the population of Kondopoga accounting for 80.2% of that number.

Geography

Kondopozhsky District covers the forested lake area to the northwest of

Lake Onega Lake Onega (; also known as Onego, rus, Оне́жское о́зеро, r=Onezhskoe ozero, p=ɐˈnʲɛʂskəɪ ˈozʲɪrə; fi, Ääninen, Äänisjärvi; vep, Änine, Änižjärv) is a lake in northwestern Russia, on the territory of the Repu ...

. The terrain is a combination of lakes, rocky ridges, glacial moraines, and glacial alluvial plains. The lakes and rivers are oriented northwest to southeast to flow into Lake Onega, and eventually into the

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and fr ...

. The Kivach Nature Reserve is located in the District. it is a federal-level strict ecological reserve, established for the protection and scientific study of the

taiga Taiga (; rus, тайга́, p=tɐjˈɡa; relates to Mongolic and Turkic languages), generally referred to in North America as a boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces ...

ecology of the region. A public access zone supports tourist visits to the Kivach Waterfall.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kondopozhsky District is one of the fifteen in the

and has administrative jurisdiction over one town (

) and seventy-seven

rural localities In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are des ...

. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kondopozhsky Municipal District.Law #825-ZRK The town of Kondopoga and three rural localities are incorporated into an urban settlement, while the remaining seventy-four rural localities are incorporated into eight rural settlements within the municipal district.Law #813-ZRK The town of Kondopoga serves as the

of both the administrative and municipal district.

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