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Pitkyarantsky District

Pitkyarantsky District (; ; ) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the republic. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Pitkyaranta. As of the 2010 census, the total population of the district was 19,895, with the population of Pitkyaranta accounting for 57.4% of the population.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Pitkyarantsky District is one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia and has administrative jurisdiction over one town (Pitkyaranta) and thirty-five rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Pitkyarantsky Municipal Okrug, covering the territory of the entire district. The municipal okrug was formed in 2023 with the merger of all previous municipalities within the district: the Pitkyaranta urban settlement and the rural settlements of Impilakhti, Kharlu, Lyaskelya and Salmi. The town of Pitkyaranta serves as the administrative center of both the district and municipal okrug.

Sights

The Cross of Sorrow, a memorial to soldiers perished on both sides of the Winter War of 1939–1940, is located in Pitkyarantsky District at the crossroads of Pitkyaranta–Suoyarvi–Petrozavodsk.

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