Suoyarvsky District (; ) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.Constitution of the Republic of Karelia It is located in the west of the republic on the Finnish border. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Suoyarvi.Law #871-ZRK As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 18,814, with the population of Suoyarvi accounting for 51.9% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Suoyarvsky District is one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia and has administrative jurisdiction over one town (Suoyarvi) and twenty-six rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Suoyarvsky Municipal Okrug, covering the territory of the entire district. The municipal okrug was formed in 2022 with the merger of all previous municipalities within the district: the Suoyarvi urban settlement and the rural settlements of Loymola, Naystenyarvi, Porosozero and Veshkelitsa. The town of Suoyarvi serves as the administrative center of both the district and municipal okrug.
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