Kudymkarsky District ( koi, Кудымкар район, russian: Куды́мкарский райо́н) is an administrative district (

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) of

Komi-Permyak Okrug Komi-Permyak Okrug (russian: Ко́ми-Пермя́цкий о́круг, ''Komi-Permyatsky okrug''; koi, Коми-Перем кытш, -, or PermyakiaEncyclopedia Encarta/ref> is a territory with special status within Perm Krai, Russia. Its adm ...

Perm Krai Perm Krai (russian: Пе́рмский край, r=Permsky kray, p=ˈpʲɛrmskʲɪj ˈkraj, ''Permsky krai'', , ''Perem lador'') is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 refe ...

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; one of the thirty-three in the

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.Law #416-67 As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kudymkarsky Municipal District.Law #53 It is located in the west of the krai. The area of the district is .Encyclopedia of Perm Krai
Entry on Kudymkarsky District
Its

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is the

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Kudymkar Kudymkar (russian: Куды́мкар; kv, Кудымкöр, ''Kudymkör''; Komi-Permyak: ), is a town and the administrative center of Komi-Permyak Okrug of Perm Krai, Russia. Until 2005, it was the administrative center of Komi-Permyak Autono ...

(which is not administratively a part of the district). Population:

Geography

Main rivers flowing through the district include the Ivna, the Kuva, and the Velva.

History

The district was established on February 27, 1924.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kudymkarsky District is one of the thirty-three in the krai. The town of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a town of krai significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kudymkarsky Municipal District. The town of krai significance of Kudymkar is incorporated separately from the district as Kudymkar Urban Okrug.Law #54

Demographics

Ethnic composition (as of the 2002 Census): *

Komi-Permyak people The Komi ( kv, комияс, ' also ', also called Komi-Zyryans or Zyryans, are an indigenous Permian ethnic group whose homeland is in the northeast of European Russia around the basins of the Vychegda, Pechora and Kama rivers. They mostl ...

: 85.3% *

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: 13.9%

Economy

The economy of the district is based on forestry, timber industry, and agriculture.

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=November 2012 Districts of Perm Krai Komi-Permyak Okrug States and territories established in 1924