Pinega
Pinega
Пинега | |
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Location of Pinega | |
| Coordinates: 64°42′00″N 43°23′42″E / 64.70000°N 43.39500°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Arkhangelsk Oblast |
| Administrative district | Pinezhsky District |
| Selsoviet | Pinezhsky Selsoviet |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,225 |
| • Capital of | Pinezhsky Selsoviet |
| • Municipal district | Pinezhsky Municipal District |
| • Rural settlement | Pinezhskoye Rural Settlement |
| • Capital of | Pinezhskoye Rural Settlement |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| Postal code(s) | 164610 |
| OKTMO ID | 11648427101 |
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Pinega (Пинега) is a rural locality (a settlement), formerly a town, in Pinezhsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Pinega River (hence the name). It serves as the administrative center of Pinezhsky Selsoviet, one of the seventeen selsoviets into which the district is administratively divided. Municipally, it is the administrative center of Pinezhskoye Rural Settlement, one of the fifteen rural settlements in the district. Population: 3,225 (2010 Census); 3,763 (2002 Census); 4,401 (1989 Soviet census)..