Tuzhinsky District

Tuzhinsky District (Тужи́нский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 1468 km2. Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Tuzha. Population: 10,396 (2002 Census);  The population of Tuzha accounts for 59.4% of the district's total population.