Total area: 3.900 sq km
Total population: 10.391
Administrative structure: 10 administrative areas
Administrative centre: settlement of Syamzha
Main branches of industry: timber and agriculture
Protected areas: natural reserves, a zoological preserve (20,000 has)
Distance from Vologda: 121 km
Transportation routes: nearest railway station in Kharovskaya (51 km off Syamzha), highway Moscow-Arkhangelsk
City code: 81752 - for trunk, international calls and for calls within the oblast
Information service: 21600
Address of the district administration: ul.Rumyantseva 20, 162220 Syamzha, Vologda Oblast, Russia
Head of the district administration: Nikolai Borsky, Tel.: 21619, Fax: 21690
