Mari-Tureksky District (Russian: Мари́-Туре́кский райо́н; Meadow Mari: Марий Тӱрек кундем, Marij Türek kundem) is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion), one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic. The area of the district is 1,500 square kilometers (580 sq mi).^{[citation needed]} Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Mari-Turek.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 23,155, with the population of Mari-Turek accounting for 22.3% of that number.[4]

Mari-Tureksky District Мари-Турекский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Meadow Mari	Марий Тӱрек кундем
Landscape in Mari-Tureksky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Mari-Tureksky District in the Mari El Republic
Coordinates: 56.751°N 49.282°E / 56.751; 49.282
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Mari El Republic[1]
Established	28 August 1924
Administrative center	Mari-Turek[2]
Area [3]
• Total	1,500 km2 (600 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	23,155
• Estimate  (2018)[5]	19,565 (−15.5%)
• Density	15/km2 (40/sq mi)
• Urban	22.3%
• Rural	77.7%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Urban-type settlements, 5 Rural okrugs
• Inhabited localities[2]	1 Urban-type settlements[6], 119 Rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Mari-Tureksky Municipal District[7]
• Municipal divisions[7]	1 Urban settlements, 5 Rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [8])
OKTMO ID	88624000
Website	https://www.mari-tyrek.ru

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mari-Tureksky District is one of the fourteen in the republic.[1] It is divided into one urban-type settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Mari-Turek) and 5 rural okrugs, all of which comprise 119 rural localities.[2] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Mari-Tureksky Municipal District.[7] Mari-Turek Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the five rural okrugs are incorporated into five rural settlements within the municipal district.[7] The urban-type settlement of Mari-Turek serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[2] and municipal[12] district.

Notable residents

• Vyacheslav Kislitsyn (born 1948), President of Mari El 1997–2001, born in Kosolapovo

References

Notes

Sources

• Государственное Собрание Республики Марий Эл. Закон №22-З от 3 мая 2006 г. «О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства (деления) Республики Марий Эл», в ред. Закона №50-З от 31 октября 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Республики Марий Эл». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Марийская правда", №81, 6 мая 2006 г. (State Assembly of the Mari El Republic. Law #22-Z of May 3, 2006 On the Procedures of the Administrative-Territorial Structure (Division) of the Mari El Republic, as amended by the Law #50-Z of October 31, 2014 On Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Mari El Republic. Effective as of the official publication date.).
• Правительство Республики Марий Эл. Постановление №9 от 18 января 2008 г. «О реестре административно-территориального устройства Республики Марий Эл», в ред. Постановления №555 от 24 октября 2014 г. «О внесении изменения в Постановление Правительства Республики Марий Эл от 18 января 2008 г. №9». Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства Республики Марий Эл", №2, ст. 108, 26 февраля 2008 г. (Government of the Mari El Republic. Resolution #9 of January 18, 2008 On the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Mari El Republic, as amended by the Resolution #555 of October 24, 2014 On Amending Resolution #9 by the Government of the Mari El Republic of January 18, 2008. ).
• Государственный Совет Республики Марий Эл. Закон №15-З от 18 июня 2004 г. «О статусе, границах и составе муниципальных районов, городских округов в Республике Марий Эл», в ред. Закона №50-З от 31 октября 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Республики Марий Эл». Вступил в силу через 10 дней после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Марийская правда", №116, 24 июня 2004 г. (State Council of the Mari El Republic. Law #15-Z of June 18, 2004 On the Status, Borders, and Composition of the Municipal Districts, Urban Okrugs in the Mari El Republic, as amended by the Law #50-Z of October 31, 2014 On Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Mari El Republic. Effective as of after 10 days after the official publication.).

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