Tyazhinsky District

Tyazhinsky District (Тяжи́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Tyazhinsky Municipal District. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 3531 km2. Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Tyazhinsky. Population: 32,782 (2002 Census);  The population of the administrative center accounts for 43.4% of the district's total population.