Editing Sortavala (section)

==Administrative and municipal status==
Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], it is, together with two [[urban-type settlement]]s and forty-seven rural localities, incorporated as the '''[[city of federal subject significance|town of republic significance]] of Sortavala'''—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the [[administrative divisions of the Republic of Karelia|districts]].<ref name="Ref62">Law #871-ZRK</ref> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the town of republic significance of Sortavala is incorporated as '''Sortavalsky Municipal District'''; the town of Sortavala and ten rural localities are incorporated within it as '''Sortavalskoye Urban Settlement'''.<ref name="Ref738">Law #825-ZRK</ref> The remaining urban-type settlements and rural localities are incorporated within the municipal district into two urban settlements and two rural settlements.<ref name="Ref736">Law #813-ZRK</ref>[[File:Sortavala - streets of Ulitsa Karel'skaya & Ulitsa Vyaynemyaynena.jpg|thumb|A corner of the Ulitsa Karel'skaya and Ulitsa Vyaynemyaynena streets in the center of Sortavala]]