The name of the district came from a Finnish word "vaskala" (fish species - bleak)
Square: 2.900 sq km
Total population: 10.033
Distance from Vologda: 172 km
Geographic location: the north-western part of the Vologda Oblast, it is washed by White Lake
Administrative centre: Lipin Bor
Administrative division: 12 administrative areas
Railway station: the nearest one is in Cherepovets, 159 km away from the district centre
Places of interest: Assumption Church (18th century), Church of Exaltation of the Cross (19th century), Church of Alexander Nevsky (19th century), sites of ancient settlement
Protected areas: a natural reserve, karstic lakes that disappear from time to time
City code: 81758 - for trunk, international calls and for calls within the oblast
Information service: 22222
Address of the district administration: ul. Smirnova 10, 161250 Lipin Bor, Vologda Oblast, Russia
Head of the district administration: Galina Afonicheva, Tel.: 21433, Fax: 21457
