Bezhanitsky District
| Bezhanitsky District Бежаницкий район (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Bezhanitsky District in Pskov Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 56°58′N 29°53′E / 56.967°N 29.883°ECoordinates: 56°58′N 29°53′E / 56.967°N 29.883°E | |
 Bezhanitskaya Upland in Bezhanitsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Pskov Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of April 2011) | |
| Administrative center | work settlement of Bezhanitsy |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Urban-type settlements | 2 |
| Rural localities | 466 |
| Municipal structure (as of April 2011) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Bezhanitsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 1 |
| Rural settlements | 8 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,535 km2 (1,365 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 13,264 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 40.4% |
| • Rural | 59.6% |
| Density | 3.75/km2 (9.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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Bezhanitsky District (Russian: Бежа́ницкий райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central and eastern parts of the oblast and borders with Dedovichsky District in the north, Poddorsky and Kholmsky Districts of Novgorod Oblast in the east, Loknyansky District in the south, Novosokolnichesky, Pustoshkinsky, and Opochetsky Districts in the southwest, and with Novorzhevsky District in the west. The area of the district is 3,535 square kilometers (1,365 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Bezhanitsy. Population: 13,264 (2010 Census); 17,547 (2002 Census);22,784 (1989 Census). The population of Bezhanitsy accounts for 32.7% of the district's total population.
The district is elongated from southeast to northwest. The divide between the basins of the Narva and Neva Rivers crosses the district from south to north. The northwestern part of the district lies the basin of the Polist River, with both the Polist and its major right tributary, the Porusya, having their sources within the district. The Polist flows into the Lovat River and thus belongs to the basin of the Neva. The Loknya River, a left tributary of the Lovat, makes up a stretch of the border with Loknyansky District. Some areas in the south of the district are in the basin of the Loknya. The western part of the district belongs to the basin of the Velikaya River. The rivers in the northwest of the district drain into the Sorot, a major right tributary of the Velikaya, and into the Lsta, a left tributary of the Sorot. The southwest of the district belongs to the basin of the Alolya River, another right tributary of the Velikaya.
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