Kirishsky District
Kirishsky District
Киришский район | |
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Farm field in Kirishsky District | |
Location of Kirishsky District in Leningrad Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 59°27′19″N 32°02′11″E / 59.45528°N 32.03639°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast |
| Established | 1 August 1927 |
| Administrative center | Kirishi |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,019.3 km2 (1,165.8 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 11,455 |
| • Density | 3.8/km2 (9.8/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 33.8% |
| • Rural | 66.2% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 4 settlement municipal formation |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements, 75 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Kirishsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 2 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 41624000 |
| Website | http://www.admkir.ru/ |
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Kirishsky District (Russian: Ки́ришский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central southern part of the oblast and borders with Volkhovsky District in the north, Tikhvinsky District in the northeast, Lyubytinsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the southeast, Malovishersky District of Novgorod Oblast in the south, Chudovsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the southwest, Tosnensky District in the west, and Kirovsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 3,019.3 square kilometers (1,165.8 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kirishi. Population (excluding the administrative center): 11,455 (2010 Census); 12,075 (2002 Census); 14,521 (1989 Soviet census).