Leshukonsky District
| Leshukonsky District Лешуконский район (Russian) |
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 Location of Leshukonsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 64°54′N 45°46′E / 64.900°N 45.767°ECoordinates: 64°54′N 45°46′E / 64.900°N 45.767°E | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Arkhangelsk Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of 2011) | |
| Administrative center | selo of Leshukonskoye |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| selsoviet | 7 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Rural localities | 47 |
| Municipal structure (as of March 2012) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Leshukonsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 0 |
| Rural settlements | 6 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 28,100 km2 (10,800 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 7,979 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Density | 0.28/km2 (0.73/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Established | July 15, 1929 |
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Leshukonsky District (Russian: Лешуко́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.Municipally, it is incorporated as Leshukonsky Municipal District. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Mezensky District in the north, Ust-Tsilemsky District of the Komi Republic in the east, Udorsky District of the Komi Republic in the south, and with Pinezhsky District in the west. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Leshukonskoye. District's population: 7,979 (2010 Census);10,708 (2002 Census);15,488 (1989 Census). The population of Leshukonskoye accounts for 55.2% of the district's population.
The area was originally populated by the Finno-Ugric peoples and then colonized by the Novgorod Republic. After the fall of Novgorod, the area became a part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. First Russian settlements on the Mezen River were mentioned in the 16th century: Yuroma (1513) and Koynas (1554). The middle course of the Mezen, the current area of the district, was where Russian and Komi cultures mixed the most.
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