Differences With Municipal Divisions
Most of the administrative districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast are municipally incorporated as municipal districts, and most of the cities and towns of oblast significance are municipally incorporated as urban okrugs. There are, however, several exceptions,
- The town of Onega is municipally incorporated as Onezhsky Urban Settlement of Onezhsky Municipal District;
- The town of Mirny is municipally incorporated as Mirny Urban Okrug;
- Solovetsky District is municipally incorporated as Solovetskoye Rural Settlement of Primorsky Municipal District;
- Novaya Zemlya District is municipally incorporated as Novaya Zemlya Urban Okrug;
- The island territories of Franz Joseph Land and Victoria Island are municipally incorporated into Primorsky Municipal District.
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