Ustyuzhensky District
| Ustyuzhensky District Устюженский район (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Ustyuzhensky District in Vologda Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 58°50′N 36°26′E / 58.833°N 36.433°ECoordinates: 58°50′N 36°26′E / 58.833°N 36.433°E | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Vologda Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of June 2012) | |
| Administrative center | town of Ustyuzhna |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| Towns of district significance | 1 |
| Selsoviets | 13 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Cities/towns | 1 |
| Rural localities | 224 |
| Municipal structure (as of May 2010) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Ustyuzhensky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 1 |
| Rural settlements | 9 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,600 km2 (1,400 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 18,738 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 50.7% |
| • Rural | 49.3% |
| Density | 5.21/km2 (13.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Established | August 1, 1927 |
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Ustyuzhensky District (Russian: У́стюженский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast and borders with Babayevsky District in the north, Kaduysky District in the northeast, Cherepovetsky District in the east, Vesyegonsky and Sandovsky Districts of Tver Oblast in the southeast, Pestovsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the southwest, and with Chagodoshchensky District in the west. The area of the district is 3,600 square kilometers (1,400 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Ustyuzhna. Population: 18,738 (2010 Census); 21,679 (2002 Census);22,483 (1989 Census). The population of Ustyuzhna accounts for 50.7% of the district's population.
The landscape of the district is flat and much of the district's territory belongs to the basin of the Mologa River and its principal left tributaries, the Kobozha and the Chagodoshcha. The Mologa itself crosses the district from southwest to northeast. The rivers in the southeastern part of the district drain to the rivers which were formerly right tributaries of the Mologa, but currently flow to the Rybinsk Reservoir.
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