Tigilsky District (russian: Тиги́льский райо́н) is an administrative district (

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) of

Koryak Okrug Koryak Okrug (russian: Коря́кский о́круг, Korjakskij okrug; Koryak: , ''Cav’cәvaokrug''), or Koryakia (russian: Корякия, Korjakija), is an administrative division of Kamchatka Krai, Russia.

of Kamchatka Krai,

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, one of the eleven in the

krai A krai or kray (; russian: край, , ''kraya'') is one of the types of federal subjects of modern Russia, and was a type of geographical administrative division in the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR. Etymologically, the word is relat ...

.Law #46 It is located in the west of the krai. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

rural locality 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 describ ...

(a '' selo'') of

Tigil Tigil (russian: Тигиль) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Tigilsky District of Koryak Okrug of Kamchatka Krai, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning ...

. Population: The population of Tigil accounts for 23.1% of the district's total population. Ethnic composition (2010): *

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– 45.4% *

Koryaks Koryaks () are an indigenous people of the Russian Far East, who live immediately north of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Kamchatka Krai and inhabit the coastlands of the Bering Sea. The cultural borders of the Koryaks include Tigilsk in the south ...

– 28.7% *

Itelmens The Itelmens (Itelmen: Итәнмән, russian: Ительмены) are an indigenous ethnic group of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia. The Itelmen language is distantly related to Chukchi and Koryak, forming the Chukotko-Kamchatkan language ...

– 19.9% *

Ukrainians Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian. The majority of Ukrainians are Eastern Ort ...

– 2.1% * Others – 3.9%

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tigilsky District is one of the eleven in the krai. The ''selo'' of

serves as its

. As a municipal division, the territory of the district is split between two municipal formations—Tigilsky Municipal District,Law #338-oz to which seven of the administrative district's rural localities belong,The Law #46 lists one urban-type settlement and seven rural localities in Tigilsky District. The seven rural localities are listed as a part of Tigilsky Municipal District in Law #338-oz. and Palana Urban Okrug,Law #350-oz which covers the rest of the administrative district's territory, including the urban-type settlement of Palana.The Law #46 lists one urban-type settlement and seven rural localities in Tigilsky District. The urban-type settlement of Palana is listed as a part of Palana Urban Okrug in Law #350-oz.

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 Districts of Kamchatka Krai __NOTOC__