Kandalakshsky District
Kandalakshsky District
Кандалакшский район | |
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Poyakonda, landscape in Kandalakshy District | |
Location of Kandalakshsky District in Murmansk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 67°13′N 32°20′E / 67.217°N 32.333°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Murmansk Oblast |
| Established | April 11, 2011 |
| Administrative center | Kandalaksha |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local government |
| • Body | Council of Deputies |
| • Head | Olga Mikheyeva |
| Area | |
• Total | 14,400 km2 (5,600 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 49,544 |
| • Density | 3.4/km2 (8.9/sq mi) |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Towns, 1 Urban-type settlements, 6 Territorial okrugs |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements, 21 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Kandalakshsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 2 urban settlements, 2 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 47608000 |
| Website | http://www.kandalaksha-admin.ru/ |
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Kandalakshsky District (Russian: Кандала́кшский райо́н) is an administrative district (a raion), one of the six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kandalakshsky Municipal District. It is located in the southwest of the oblast, and borders with Kovdorsky District to the north, Loukhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, and with Finland to the west. The area of the district is 14,400 square kilometers (5,600 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kandalaksha. Population: 49,544 (2010 Census); 60,140 (2002 Census); 78,239 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Kandalaksha accounts for 72.0% of the district's total population.