Pechengsky District
Pechengsky District
Печенгский район | |
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Landscape in Pechengsky District, August 2013 | |
Location of Pechengsky District in Murmansk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 69°32′N 31°12′E / 69.533°N 31.200°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Murmansk Oblast |
| Established | July 21, 1945 |
| Administrative center | Nikel |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local government |
| • Body | Council of Deputies |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,662.22 km2 (3,344.50 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 38,920 |
| • Density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 81.6% |
| • Rural | 18.4% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Towns, 2 Urban-type settlements, 1 Territorial okrugs |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 2 urban-type settlements, 14 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Pechengsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 3 urban settlements, 1 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 47615000 |
| Website | http://pechengamr.ru/ |
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Pechengsky District (Russian: Пе́ченгский райо́н; Finnish: Petsamo; Norwegian: Peisen; Northern Sami: Beahcán; Skolt Sami: Peäccam) is an administrative district (raion), one of the six in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Pechengsky Municipal District. It is located in the northwest of the oblast, on the coast of the Barents Sea (by the Rybachy Peninsula, which is a part of the district) and borders Finland in the south and southwest and Norway in the west, northwest, and north. The area of the district is 8,662.22 square kilometers (3,344.50 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Nikel. Its population was 38,920 (2010 Census); 46,404 (2002 Census); 59,495 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Nikel accounts for 32.8% of the district's total population.