En Name: | Morkinsky District |
Ru Name: | Моркинский район |
Loc Name1: | Морко кундем |
Loc Lang1: | Meadow Mari |
Loc Lang2: | Hill Mari |
Image View: | Morko kundem.JPG |
Coordinates: | 56.448°N 48.916°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Morki rayon (Mariy-El).png |
Federal Subject: | Mari El Republic |
Adm Data As Of: | October 2014 |
Adm Ctr Type: | urban-type settlement |
Adm Ctr Name: | Morki |
Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type: | Urban-type settlements |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance: | 1 |
Selsoviet Type1: | Rural okrugs |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 9 |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 1 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 150 |
Mun Data As Of: | August 2014 |
Mun Formation1: | Morkinsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 9 |
Area Km2: | 2272 |
Pop 2010Census: | 32403 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 30.6% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 69.4% |
Website: | http://mari-el.gov.ru/morki/Pages/main.aspx |
Date: | October 2012 |
Population of Morkinsky District | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 32,403 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 35,443 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 39,142 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 43,627 |
Morkinsky District (Russian: Морки́нский райо́н; Морко кундем, Morko kundem) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic. The area of the district is 2272km2.[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Morki.[4] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 32,403, with the population of Morki accounting for 30.6% of that number.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Morkinsky District is one of the fourteen in the republic. It is divided into 1 urban-type settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Morki) and 9 rural okrugs, all of which comprise 150 rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Morkinsky Municipal District. Morki Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the nine rural okrugs are incorporated into nine rural settlements within the municipal district. The urban-type settlement of Morki serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.