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! bgcolor="#ccccff" style="padding:0 0 0 50px;" | Mari El Republic, Russia
| width="50px" | 50px|Flag of Mari El
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| colspan=2 align="center"|<small>Capital: Yoshkar-Ola</small>
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| colspan=2 align="center"|<small>As of 2015:</small>
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| Number of districts<br />(районы)|| 14
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| Number of cities/towns<br />(города)|| 4
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| Number of urban-type settlements<br />(посёлки городского типа)|| 15
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| Number of rural okrugs<br />(сельские округа)|| 120
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| colspan=2 align="center"|<small>As of 2002:</small>
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| Number of rural localities<br />(сельские населённые пункты)|| 1,612
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| Number of uninhabited rural localities<br />(сельские населённые пункты без населения)|| 53
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Administrative and municipal divisions
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Division
! colspan="2" | Structure
! rowspan="2" | OKATO
! rowspan="2" | OKTMO
! rowspan="2" | Urban-type settlement/<br>district-level town*
! rowspan="2" | Rural<br>(rural okrug)
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!Administrative
!Municipal
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| colspan="2" | Yoshkar-Ola (Йошкар-Ола)
| city
| urban okrug
| align="center" | 88 401
| align="center" | 88 701
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| colspan="2" | Volzhsk (Волжск)
| city
| urban okrug
| align="center" | 88 405
| align="center" | 88 705
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| colspan="2" | Kozmodemyansk (Козьмодемьянск)
| city
| urban okrug
| align="center" | 88 415
| align="center" | 88 715
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| colspan="2" | Volzhsky (Волжский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 88 204
| align="center" | 88 604
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- Privolzhsky (Приволжский)
| 7
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| colspan="2" | Gornomariysky (Горномарийский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 88 208
| align="center" | 88 608
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| 10
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| colspan="2" | Zvenigovsky (Звениговский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 88 212
| align="center" | 88 612
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- Zvenigovo (Звенигово) town*
- Krasnogorsky (Красногорский)
- Suslonger (Суслонгер)
| 7
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| colspan="2" | Kilemarsky (Килемарский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 88 216
| align="center" | 88 616
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- Kilemary (Килемары)
| 8
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| colspan="2" | Kuzhenersky (Куженерский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 88 220
| align="center" | 88 620
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- Kuzhener (Куженер)
| 8
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| colspan="2" | Mari-Tureksky (Мари-Турекский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 88 224
| align="center" | 88 624
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- Mari-Turek (Мари-Турек)
| 5
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| colspan="2" | Medvedevsky (Медведевский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 88 228
| align="center" | 88 628
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- Krasnooktyabrsky (Краснооктябрьский)
- Medvedevo (Медведево)
| 19
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| colspan="2" | Morkinsky (Моркинский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 88 232
| align="center" | 88 632
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- Morki (Морки)
| 9
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| colspan="2" | Novotoryalsky (Новоторъяльский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 88 236
| align="center" | 88 636
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- Novy Toryal (Новый Торъял)
| 4
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| colspan="2" | Orshansky (Оршанский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 88 240
| align="center" | 88 640
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- Orshanka (Оршанка)
| 12
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| colspan="2" | Paranginsky (Параньгинский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 88 244
| align="center" | 88 644
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- Paranga (Параньга)
| 8
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| colspan="2" | Sernursky (Сернурский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 88 248
| align="center" | 88 648
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- Sernur (Сернур)
| 8
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| colspan="2" | Sovetsky (Советский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 88 252
| align="center" | 88 652
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- Sovetsky (Советский)
| 7
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| colspan="2" | Yurinsky (Юринский)
| colspan="2" | district
| align="center" | 88 256
| align="center" | 88 656
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- Yurino (Юрино)
| 8
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