Udorsky District (; ) is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
twelve in the
Komi Republic
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,
Russia
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.
[Law #13-RZ] It is located in the west 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 (a ''
selo'') of
Koslan.
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
Arkhangelsk Oblast ( rus, Архангельская область, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲskəjə ˈobɫəsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz ...
of Russia in the
basin of the
Vashka and
Mezen River
The Mezen (; Komi: ''n'') 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 rivers ...
s.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Udorsky District is one of the
twelve in the
Komi Republic
The Komi Republic (; ), sometimes simply referred to as Komi, is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia situated in the northeast of European Russia. Its capital city, capital is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Syktyvka ...
.
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
Koslan serves as the
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
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Districts of the Komi Republic
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