Total area: 5.700 sq km
Location: in the northern corner of the Vologda Oblast
Border regions: the district of Kirillov in the west, the districts of Verkhovazh'ye and Syamzha to the east, the districts of Ust'-Kubinskoye and Kharovsk in the south and the Arkhangelsk Oblast to the north
Administrative centre: Vozhega
Administrative division: 15 administrative areas
Total population: 18.975
District centre population: 6.846
Foundation: 1932
Distance from Vologda: 170 km
Railway station: +
Main branches of industry: timber, cattle breeding
Renowned residents: writers A.Terasov and Y.Pilyar, colonel-general V.Korobushin
City code: 81744 - for trunk, international calls and for calls within the oblast
Information service: 21594
Address of the district administration: ul. Sadovaya 15, 162160 Vozhega, Vologda Oblast, Russia
Head of the district administration: Sergey Semennikov, Tel.: 21180, Fax: 21436