Administrative divisions of the Republic of Karelia
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| Republic of Karelia Republic of Karelia The Republic of Karelia is a federal subject of Russia .-Geography:The republic is located in the northwestern part of Russia, taking intervening position between the basins of White and Baltic seas... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
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| Capital: Petrozavodsk Petrozavodsk Petrozavodsk is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia. It stretches along the western shore of the Lake Onega for some . The city is served by Petrozavodsk Airport. Municipally, it is incorporated as Petrozavodsky Urban Okrug . Population:... |
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| # of districts Raion A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"... (районы) |
15 |
| # of cities/towns (города) |
13 |
| # of urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union... s (посёлки городского типа) |
11 |
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| # of rural localities (сельские населённые пункты) |
775 |
| # of uninhabited rural localities (сельские населённые пункты без населения) |
94 |
- Cities and towns under republic's jurisdiction:
- PetrozavodskPetrozavodskPetrozavodsk is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia. It stretches along the western shore of the Lake Onega for some . The city is served by Petrozavodsk Airport. Municipally, it is incorporated as Petrozavodsky Urban Okrug . Population:...
(Петрозаводск) (capital) - KostomukshaKostomukshaKostomuksha is a town located in the northwestern part of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, from the border with Finland and on the shore of lake Kontoki. Population:...
(Костомукша) - SortavalaSortavalaSortavala is a town in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located at the northern tip of Lake Ladoga. Population: It is an important station of the Vyborg-Joensuu railroad.-History:...
(Сортавала)- Urban-type settlements under the town's jurisdiction:
- KhelyulyaKhelyulyaKhelyulya is an urban locality under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of Sortavala in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the Tokhma River, west of Petrozavodsk. Population: -External links:*...
(Хелюля) - VyartsilyaVyartsilyaVyartsilya is an urban locality in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located near the border with Finland, west of Petrozavodsk. Population: Before World War II, Vyartsilya belonged to Finland and was named Värtsilä....
(Вяртсиля)
- Khelyulya
- Urban-type settlements under the town's jurisdiction:
- Petrozavodsk
- Districts:
- BelomorskyBelomorsky DistrictBelomorsky District is an administrative district , one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Belomorsky Municipal District. Its administrative center is the town of Belomorsk. District's population: 24,003 ; Population of Belomorsk accounts for...
(Беломорский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- BelomorskBelomorskBelomorsk is a town and the administrative center of Belomorsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the Onega Bay on the shore of the White Sea. Population:...
(Беломорск)
- Belomorsk
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- KalevalskyKalevalsky DistrictKalevalsky District is an administrative district , one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kalevalsky Municipal District. Its administrative center is the urban locality of Kalevala...
(Калевальский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Kalevala (Калевала)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- KemskyKemsky DistrictKemsky District is an administrative district , one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kemsky Municipal District. Its administrative center is the town of Kem. District's population: 5,386 ; Population of Kem accounts for 73.5% of the...
(Кемский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- Kem (Кемь)
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- KondopozhskyKondopozhsky DistrictKondopozhsky District is an administrative district , one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Kondopozhsky Municipal District. Its administrative center is the town of Kondopoga. District's population: 9,719 ; Population of Kondopoga accounts for...
(Кондопожский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- KondopogaKondopogaKondopoga is a town and the administrative center of Kondopozhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, situated on the coast of the Kondopozhskaya Gulf of Lake Onega, near the mouth of the Suna River and Kivach Nature Reserve, about from Petrozavodsk...
(Кондопога)
- Kondopoga
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- LakhdenpokhskyLakhdenpokhsky DistrictLakhdenpokhsky District is an administrative district , one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Lakhdenpokhsky Municipal District. Its administrative center is the town of Lakhdenpokhya. District's population: 16,391 ; Population of Lakhdenpokhya...
(Лахденпохский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- LakhdenpokhyaLakhdenpokhyaLakhdenpokhya is a town and the administrative center of Lakhdenpokhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located west of Petrozavodsk on the Aurayoki River, and a railway station of the Vyborg-Joensuu railroad. Population:...
(Лахденпохья)
- Lakhdenpokhya
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- LoukhskyLoukhsky DistrictLoukhsky District is an administrative district , one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Loukhsky Municipal District. Its administrative center is the urban locality of Loukhi. District's population: 20,128 ; Population of Loukhi accounts for...
(Лоухский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Chupa (Чупа)
- LoukhiLoukhiLoukhi is an urban locality and the administrative center of Loukhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the shore of Lake Panovo, north of Petrozavodsk. Population:...
(Лоухи) - PyaozerskyPyaozerskyPyaozersky is an urban locality in Loukhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the shore of Lake Pyaozero, northwest of Petrozavodsk. Population:...
(Пяозерский)
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- MedvezhyegorskyMedvezhyegorsky DistrictMedvezhyegorsky District is an administrative district , one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Medvezhyegorsky Municipal District. Its administrative center is the town of Medvezhyegorsk. District's population: 38,388 ; Population of...
(Медвежьегорский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- MedvezhyegorskMedvezhyegorskMedvezhyegorsk , formerly known as Medvezhya Gora and Karhumäki, is a town and the administrative center of Medvezhyegorsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Population: 15,800 ....
(Медвежьегорск)
- Medvezhyegorsk
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- PindushiPindushiPindushi is an urban locality in Medvezhyegorsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the northern tip of Lake Onega, north of Petrozavodsk. Population:...
(Пиндуши) - PovenetsPovenetsPovenets is an urban locality in Medvezhyegorsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the shore of Lake Onega, north of Petrozavodsk. Population:...
(Повенец)
- Pindushi
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- MuyezerskyMuyezersky DistrictMuyezersky District is an administrative district , one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Muyezersky Municipal District. Its administrative center is the urban locality of Muyezersky...
(Муезерский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- MuyezerskyMuyezersky (urban-type settlement)Muyezersky is an urban locality and the administrative center of Muyezersky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the Muyezerka River , northwest of Petrozavodsk. Population:...
(Муезерский)
- Muyezersky
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- Olonetsky (Олонецкий)
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- OlonetsOlonetsOlonets is a town and the administrative center of Olonetsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, situated on the Olonka River, to the east from Lake Ladoga. Population: -History:...
(Олонец)
- Olonets
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- PitkyarantskyPitkyarantsky DistrictPitkyarantsky District is an administrative district , one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Pitkyarantsky Municipal District. Its administrative center is the town of Pitkyaranta. District's population: 10,497 ; Population of Pitkyaranta...
(Питкярантский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- PitkyarantaPitkyarantaPitkyaranta is a town and the administrative center of Pitkyarantsky District in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the northeastern coast of Lake Ladoga. Population: Telephone code is 81433.The town was founded in the 19th century....
(Питкяранта)
- Pitkyaranta
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- PrionezhskyPrionezhsky DistrictPrionezhsky District is an administrative district , one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Prionezhsky Municipal District. Its administrative center is the city of Petrozavodsk . District's population: 18,597 ;...
(Прионежский) - PryazhinskyPryazhinsky DistrictPryazhinsky District is an administrative district , one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Pryazhinsky Municipal District. Its administrative center is the urban locality of Pryazha...
(Пряжинский)- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- PryazhaPryazhaPryazha is an urban locality and the administrative center of Pryazhinsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located from the Shuya River and west of Petrozavodsk. Population:...
(Пряжа)
- Pryazha
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- PudozhskyPudozhsky DistrictPudozhsky District is an administrative district , one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Pudozhsky Municipal District. Its administrative center is the town of Pudozh. District's population: 27,538 ; Population of Pudozh accounts for 44.8% of...
(Пудожский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- PudozhPudozhPudozh is a town and the administrative center of Pudozhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the Vodla River east of Petrozavodsk. Population: 8,000 ....
(Пудож)
- Pudozh
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- SegezhskySegezhsky DistrictSegezhsky District is an administrative district , one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Segezhsky Municipal District. Its administrative center is the town of Segezha. District's population: 15,624 ; Population of Segezha accounts for 71.9% of...
(Сегежский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- SegezhaSegezhaSegezha is a town and the administrative center of Segezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located north of Petrozavodsk on the Segezha River and on the west shore of Vygozero Lake. Population:...
(Сегежа)
- Segezha
- Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
- NadvoitsyNadvoitsyNadvoitsy is an urban locality in Segezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the shore of Lake Vygozero, north of Petrozavodsk. Population:...
(Надвоицы)
- Nadvoitsy
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- SuoyarvskySuoyarvsky DistrictSuoyarvsky District is an administrative district , one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Suoyarvsky Municipal District. Its administrative center is the town of Suoyarvi. District's population: 24,028 ; Population of Suoyarvi accounts for...
(Суоярвский)- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- SuoyarviSuoyarviSuoyarvi is a town and the administrative center of Suoyarvsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located northwest of Petrozavodsk. Population:...
(Суоярви)
- Suoyarvi
- Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
- Belomorsky