Prionezhsky District (russian: Прионе́жский райо́н; krl, Prionežjen piiri; vep, Änižröunan rajon; olo, Oniegan rannikon piiri) is an administrative district (

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), one of the 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 (rus ...

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.Constitution of the Republic of Karelia It is located in the southeast 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 A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

is the

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of PetrozavodskLaw #871-ZRK (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 21,502.

Administrative and municipal status

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

and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its fifty-one rural localities. The city of Petrozavodsk serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a city of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Prionezhsky Municipal District.Law #825-ZRK Its fifty-one rural localities are incorporated into thirteen rural settlements within the municipal district.Law #813-ZRK The city of republic significance of Petrozavodsk is incorporated separately from the district as Petrozavodsky Urban Okrug,Law #824-ZRK but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.

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