En Name: | Glazovsky District |
Ru Name: | Глазовский район |
Loc Name1: | Глаз ёрос |
Loc Lang1: | Udmurt |
Image View: | Cheptsa-ChMZ.jpg |
Coordinates: | 58.1333°N 92°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Glazov Region (Udmurtia).svg |
Federal Subject: | Udmurt Republic |
Adm Data As Of: | July 2012 |
Adm Ctr Type: | city |
Adm Ctr Name: | Glazov |
Selsoviet Type1: | selsoviet |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 16 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 123 |
Mun Data As Of: | September 2007 |
Mun Formation1: | Glazovsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 11 |
Area Km2: | 2159.7 |
Area Km2 Ref: | [1] |
Pop 2010Census: | 17132 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
Website: | https://web.archive.org/web/20130117073757/http://glazrayon.udmurt.ru/ |
Commonscat: | Glazovsky District |
Date: | April 2010 |
Glazovsky District (Russian: Гла́зовский райо́н; Udmurt: Глаз ёрос, Glaz joros) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] 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 2159.7km2.[1] Its administrative center is the city of Glazov (which is not administratively a part of the district).[4] Population: 18,792 (2002 Census);
The Cheptsa River flows through the central parts of the district. Other significant rivers include the Pyzel, the Ubyt, the Sepych, and the Varyzh.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Glazovsky District is one of the twenty-five in the republic. 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.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Glazovsky Municipal District. The city of republic significance of Glazov is incorporated separately from the district as Glazov Urban Okrug.[5]
Ethnic composition (according to the 2002 Census): Udmurt people: 79%; Russians: 17.4%; Tatars: 2%; others: 1.6%.