Sortavalsky District (Russian: Сортава́льский райо́н; Karelian: Sortavalskin piiri) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic. The area of the district is 2,189 square kilometers (845sqmi). Its administrative center is the town of Sortavala. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was32,287, with the population of Sortavala accounting for 58.7% of that number.
↑Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России[All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia](XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.