Sovetsky District (; , U Roŋgo kundem) is an administrativeLaw #22-Z and municipalLaw #15-Z district (raion), one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Sovetsky.Resolution #9 As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 31,081, with the population of the administrative center accounting for 34.3% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sovetsky District is one of the fourteen in the republic. It is divided into 1 urban-type settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Sovetsky) and 7 rural okrugs, all of which comprise 140 rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sovetsky Municipal District. Sovetsky Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the seven rural okrugs are incorporated into seven rural settlements within the municipal district. The urban-type settlement of Sovetsky serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.
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