Glazovsky District

Glazovsky District (Russian: Гла́зовский райо́н; Udmurt: Глаз ёрос, Glaz joros) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-five in the Udmurt Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is 2,159.7 square kilometers (833.9 sq mi).^[3] Its administrative center is the city of Glazov (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[2] Population: 17,132 (2010 Census);^[4] 18,792 (2002 Census);^[7] 19,161 (1989 Soviet census).^[8]

Glazovsky District Глазовский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Udmurt	Глаз ёрос
The Cheptsa River near the village of Verkhnyaya Bogatyrka in Glazovsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Glazovsky District in the Udmurt Republic
Coordinates: 58°08′N 52°40′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Udmurt Republic[1]
Established	15 July 1929
Administrative center	Glazov[2]
Area [3]
• Total	2,159.7 km2 (833.9 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	17,132
• Density	7.9/km2 (21/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	16 selsoviet
• Inhabited localities	123 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Glazovsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	0 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+4 (MSK+1 [6])
OKTMO ID	94610000
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Geography

The Cheptsa River flows through the central parts of the district. Other significant rivers include the Pyzel, the Ubyt, the Sepych, and the Varyzh.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Glazovsky District is one of the twenty-five in the republic.^[1] The city of Glazov serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[2]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Glazovsky Municipal District.^[5] The city of republic significance of Glazov is incorporated separately from the district as Glazov Urban Okrug.^[9]

Demographics

Ethnic composition (according to the 2002 Census): Udmurt people: 79%; Russians: 17.4%; Tatars: 2%; others: 1.6%.^{[citation needed]}