Vsevolozhsky District
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Vsevolozhsky District (Russian: Все́воложский район) is a district (raion) of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located in the southeastern part of the Karelian Isthmus. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders with Priozersky District in the north, Kirovsky District in the south, Vyborgsky District in the northwest, the federal city of Saint Petersburg in the west, and is washed by Lake Ladoga in the east. The area of the district is 2,925 square kilometers (1,129 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Vsevolozhsk. District's population: 153,893 (2010 Census preliminary results);[1] 131,233 (2002 Census);[2] 135,318 (1989 Census).[3]
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The Okhta River flows through district, and the Neva River forms its southern border. There are many lakes in the district, most significant of them being Lake Lembolovskoye, Lake Kavgolovskoye, Lake Khepoyarvi, and Lake Voloyarvi. The landscape is mostly flat with in the south and east and hilly in the west and northwest. Altitudes range between 170-180 m above sea level in the north to less than 1 m in the south.
Low moraine ridges with the relative height of 10-20 m are located parallel to the shore of Lake Ladoga, and along the coastal lowlands are the coastal dunes which reach the height of 3-5 m. About 60% of district is covered by forests, mostly pine. Swamps occupy 3.6% of the district's territory.
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- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
- ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
