Zvenigovsky District (russian: Звени́говский райо́н; mhr, Провой кундем, ''Provoj kundem'') is an administrative
[Law #22-Z] and municipal
[Law #15-Z] district (
raion
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), one of the
fourteen in the
Mari El Republic
The Mari El Republic (russian: Респу́блика Мари́й Эл, ''Respublika Mariy El''; Meadow Mari: ; Hill Mari: ) is a republic of Russia. It is in the European Russia region of the country, along the northern bank of the Volga Rive ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is . Its
administrative center
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is the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Zvenigovo
Zvenigovo (russian: Звени́гово; mhr, Провой, ''Provoj'') is a town and the administrative center of Zvenigovsky District of the Mari El Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Volga River, south of Yoshkar-Ola, the capi ...
.
[Resolution #9] As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 44,976, with the population of Zvenigovo accounting for 26.6% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Zvenigovsky District is one of the
fourteen in the republic.
It is divided into one
town of district significance
Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia. It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a town (as opposed to a ...
(
Zvenigovo
Zvenigovo (russian: Звени́гово; mhr, Провой, ''Provoj'') is a town and the administrative center of Zvenigovsky District of the Mari El Republic, Russia, located on the left bank of the Volga River, south of Yoshkar-Ola, the capi ...
), two
urban-type settlements
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
(administrative divisions with the
administrative center
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s in the
urban-type settlements
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
(inhabited localities) of
Krasnogorsky and
Suslonger), and seven
rural okrugs, all of which comprise eighty
rural localities.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zvenigovsky Municipal District.
The town of district significance and the two urban-type settlements are incorporated into three urban settlements, and the seven rural okrugs are incorporated into seven rural settlements within the municipal district.
The town of Zvenigovo serves as the administrative center of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
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Districts of Mari El
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