Morkinsky District

Morkinsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the administrative divisions of the [Mari El Republic|fourteen] in the Mari El Republic, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the types of [inhabited localities in Russia|urban locality] of Morki. As of the Russian [Census (2010)|2010 Census], the total population of the district was 32,403, with the population of Morki accounting for 30.6% of that number.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Morkinsky District is one of the administrative divisions of the [Mari El Republic|fourteen] in the republic. It is divided into 1 urban-type settlement and 9 rural okrugs, all of which comprise 150 rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Morkinsky Municipal District. Morki Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the nine rural okrugs are incorporated into nine rural settlements within the municipal district. The urban-type settlement of Morki serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.