Balezinsky District (; , ''Balezino joros'') is an administrative
[Constitution of the Udmurt Republic] and municipal
[Law #73-RZ] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-five in the
Udmurt Republic
Udmurtia, officially the Udmurt Republic, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is administratively part of the Volga Federal District. Its capital is the city of Izhevsk.
It was established as the Udmurt (until 1931 — Vots ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the
rural locality
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(a settlement) of
Balezino.
[Law #46-RZ] Population: 38,443 (
2002 Census);
The population of Balezino accounts for 46.6% of the district's total population.
Geography
Rivers flowing through the district include the
Cheptsa
The Cheptsa (; ) is a river in the north part of Udmurtian Republic (Udmurtia) and eastern Kirov Oblast, in Russia. It flows through the city Glazov and flows into the Vyatka in Kirovo-Chepetsk, east of Kirov. It is long, and its drainage basi ...
, the
Kep, the
Lopya, the
Kama
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, the
Pyzep, the
Lyuk, and others.
History
The district was created on July 15, 1929 by merging
Balezinskaya and
Yagoshurskaya Volosts of
Glazovsky Uyezd
Glazovsky Uyezd (''Глазовский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Vyatka Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the eastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Glazov.
Demographics
At the time ...
.
Demographics
Ethnic composition (according to the 2002 Census):
Udmurt people
The Udmurts (, ) are a Permian (Finno-Ugric) ethnic group in Eastern Europe, who speak the Udmurt language. They mainly live in the republic of Udmurtia in Russia.
Etymology
The name ''Udmurt'' comes from * 'meadow people,' where the first part ...
: 57.6%;
Russians
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: 30.9%;
Tatars
Tatars ( )[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary are a group of Turkic peoples across Eas ...
: 9.8%.
References
Sources
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Districts of Udmurtia