Severny District (Russian: Се́верный райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 15,548 square kilometers (6,003 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Severnoye. Population: 10,687 (2010 Census); 11,835 (2002 Census); 12,923 (1989 Census). The population of Severnoye accounts for 49.7% of the district's total population.