Total area: 7.600 sq km
Location: south-western part of the Vologda Oblast
Total population: 40.872
Administrative centre: city of Cherepovets
Administrative division: 25 administrative areas
Distance from Vologda: 131 km
Transportation routes: highways Vologda-Novaya Ladoga, Cherepovets-Zagorsk, railway stations in Cherepovets and Suda, an airport in Cherepovets
Main branches of industry: timber, food, agriculture
Terrain: mostly shallow plains
Inland waters: numerous lakes and marshes, Rybinsk reservoir, rivers - the Sheksna, the Suda, the Yagorba and others
Soil: sod-podzol, marsh
Protected areas: the State Darwin forest reserve, 3 game reserves
Places of interest: the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God (17th century), the Resurrection Church
City code: 8202
Address of the district administration: 58, Pervomaiskaya Street, 162605 Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast, Russia
Head of the district administration: Leonid Rodichev, Tel.: 249665
