Total area: 13.100 sq km
Area - comparative: the oblast's biggest district in terms of total area
Total population: 34.000
District centre population: 11.407
Foundation: 1773
Administrative centre: Vytegra
Administrative division: 15 administrative areas
Distance from Vologda: 334 km
Railway station: 190 km, Lodeinoye Pole
Geography - note: Volgo-Baltic Waterway that is a unique joint of the basins of the Baltic Sea, the Caspian, the Azov Sea and the Black Sea.
Hydraulic works of the district: 6 sluices, 2 hydroelectric power stations, 23 dikes, spillways, berths
Main branches of industry. In the branch structure of industry, timber industry takes a dominating position. Main produce: sawn wood, rounwood, cabinet work, faced board, coniferous concentrated product, prefabricated houses and consumer goods.
Leading enterprises: a furniture factory, a creamery, a fish-factory, metal-working businesses
Agroindustrial complex is represented by 14 enterprises and 63 farms. The most clearly expressed specializations of the district is grain-, potato-growing and cattle-breeding.
Pristine forests, the expanse of still undeveloped fields and green coppices, the networks of rivers and numerous lakes that are rich in fish and game make it possible to turn the district of Vytegra into a centre for tourism.
Renowned inhabitants: poet N.Klyuyev, academician A.Baraev, vice-admiral V.Shablikov
Places of interest: Trinity Church (1811), Resurrection Church (1902-1904)
City code: 81746 - for trunk, international calls and for calls within the oblast
Information service: 22222
Address of the district administration: Prospekt Lenina 68, 162900 Vytegra, Vologda Oblast, Russia
Head of the district administration: Vladimir Chevgunov, Tel.: 21192, 21177, Fax: 21177
