Udorsky District (russian: Удо́рский райо́н; kv, Удора район, ''Udora rajon'') is an administrative district (

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), one of the twelve in the

Komi Republic The Komi Republic (russian: Республика Коми; kv, Коми Республика), sometimes simply referred to as Komi, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. Its capital is the city of Syktyvkar. The population of th ...

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.Law #13-RZ It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

(a '' selo'') of

Koslan Koslan (russian: Кослан, kv, Кослан) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Udorsky District of the Komi Republic, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spann ...

. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 20,400, with the population of Koslan accounting for 11.2% of that number.

History of the name

The name Udoria in the full official title of the Russian Tsars refers to Udora in the East of Komi, a salient into Arkhangelsk Oblast of Russia in the basin of the Vashka and

Mezen River The Mezen (russian: Мезень) is a river in Udorsky District of the Komi Republic and in Leshukonsky and Mezensky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. Its mouth is located in the Mezen Bay of the White Sea. Mezen is one of the biggest r ...

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Udorsky District is one of the twelve in the

. It is divided into three urban-type settlement administrative territories ( Blagoyevo, Mezhdurechensk, and Usogorsk), nine ''selo'' administrative territories, and three settlement administrative territories, all of which comprise fifty-two rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Udorsky Municipal District.Law #11-RZ The three urban-type settlement administrative territories are incorporated into three urban settlements, and the twelve remaining administrative territories are incorporated into twelve rural settlements within the municipal district. The '' selo'' of

serves as the

of both the administrative and municipal district.

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=July 2012 Districts of the Komi Republic __NOTOC__