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'''Velikoluksky District''' ({{lang-ru|Великолу́кский райо́н}}) is an administrative<ref name="PskovO_adm">Law #833-oz</ref> and municipal<ref name="PskovO_mun">Law #420-oz</ref> district ([[raion]]), one of the [[administrative divisions of Pskov Oblast|twenty-four]] in [[Pskov Oblast]], [[Russia]]. It is located in the southeast of the [[oblast]] and borders with [[Loknyansky District]] in the north, [[Toropetsky District]] of [[Tver Oblast]] in the northeast, [[Kunyinsky District]] in the east, [[Usvyatsky District]] in the south, [[Nevelsky District, Pskov Oblast|Nevelsky District]] in the southwest, and [[Novosokolnichesky District]] in the west. The area of the district is {{convert|2960|km2|sp=us}}.<ref name="distgen">{{cite web|url=http://vlukirajon.reg60.ru/orajone|title=О районе|publisher=Портал муниципальных образований Псковской области|language=Russian|accessdate=9 October 2012}}</ref> Its [[administrative center]] is the [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] of [[Velikiye Luki]] (which is not administratively a part of the district).<ref name="PskovO_mun" /> Population: {{ru-census2010|22,121|;}} 24,035 ([[Russian Census (2002)|2002 Census]]);<ref name="2002Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2002Census}}</ref> {{su-census1989|31,911|.}}
==Geography==
The district is elongated from north to south. The whole district belongs to the drainage basin of the [[Lovat River]], which crosses it from south to north. The biggest tributary of the Lovat in the limits of the district is the [[Kunya River]]. The northern part of the district is a flat depression, whereas the southern one is a hilly plain of glacial origin, filled with lakes, the biggest of which is [[Lake Uritskoye]].
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