| Yelizovsky District Елизовский район (Russian) |
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Location of Yelizovsky District in Kamchatka Krai |
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| Coordinates: 53°12′N 158°24′E / 53.200°N 158.400°ECoordinates: 53°12′N 158°24′E / 53.200°N 158.400°E | |
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Road to Mutnovsky Glacier in Yelizovsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kamchatka Krai |
| Administrative structure (as of July 2015) | |
| Administrative center | town of Yelizovo |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Urban-type settlements | 1 |
| Rural localities | 25 |
| Municipal structure (as of December 2015) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Yelizovsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 2 |
| Rural settlements | 8 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 40,996.4 km2 (15,828.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 24,566 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 6.5% |
| • Rural | 93.5% |
| Density | 0.6/km2 (1.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PETT (UTC+12:00) |
| Established | November 17, 1949 |
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| 2010 Census | 24,566 |
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| 2002 Census | 24,086 |
| 1989 Census | 28,720 |
| 1979 Census | 19,267 |
Yelizovsky District (Russian: Ели́зовский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion) of Kamchatka Krai, Russia, one of the eleven in the krai. It is located in the south of the krai. The area of the district is 40,996.4 square kilometers (15,828.8 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Yelizovo (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 24,566.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yelizovsky District is one of the eleven in the krai. The town of Yelizovo serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town under krai jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Yelizovsky Municipal District, with Yelizovo Town Under Krai Jurisdiction being incorporated within it as Yelizovskoye Urban Settlement.