Gornomariysky District

Gornomariysky District (English)
Горномарийский район (Russian)
Курыкмарий кундем (Meadow Mari)
Кырыкмары кымдем  (Hill Mari)
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Administrative status (as of 2009)
Country Russia
Federal subject Mari El Republic[1]
Administrative center town of Kozmodemyansk
Statistics
Area 1,730 km2 (670 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census,
preliminary)		 25,871 inhabitants[2]
Population (2002 Census) 29,203 inhabitants[3]
- Urban population 0%
- Rural population 100%
Density 15 /km2 (39 /sq mi)[4]
Time zone MSD (UTC+04:00)[5]

Gornomariysky District (Russian: Горномарийский райо́н; Meadow Mari: Курыкмарий кундем; Hill Mari: Кырыкмары кымдем; literally Hill Mari District) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. It is located in the western portion of the republic and is the only district on the right bank of the Volga. It borders with Yurinsky District in the north, Kilemarsky District and the Chuvash Republic in the south, and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in the west. The area of the district is 1,730 square kilometers (670 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kozmodemyansk (which is administratively separate from the district). District's population: 25,871 (2010 Census preliminary results);[2] 29,203 (2002 Census);[3] 32,949 (1989 Census).[6]

The district is a home of Hill Mari people, and the Hill Mari language (or dialect) is spoken there.

References

  1. ^ Law #22-Z, Article 5
  2. ^ a b Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved 2011-04-25. 
  3. ^ a b Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
  4. ^ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  5. ^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication).
  6. ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 

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