Total area: 3.600 sq km
Total population: 20.591
District centre population: 11.469
Foundation: city status 1954
Administrative centre: city of Kharovsk
Administrative division: 11 administrative areas
Distance from Vologda: 89 km
Transportation routes: highways Kharovsk-Sokol-Vologda, and Kharovsk-Syamzha-Vologda; several railway stations on the railway line connecting Moscow and Arkhangelsk
Fauna: mammals typical of the woodlands of the European part of Russia - bears, elks, wild boars, martens, beavers and others. Woods occupy 79% of its territory.
Natural resources: limestone, gravel, sand, peat, fire-clay and potter's clay
Main branches of industry: timber, metal processing, food industry, glass industry, dairy and meat production
City code: 81732 - for trunk, international calls and for calls within the oblast
Information service: 41111
Address of the district administration: 3, Oktyabrskaya Square, 162250 Kharovsk, Vologda Oblast, Russia
Head of the district administration: Alexander Mazuev, Tel.: 21947, Fax: 21044
