Coat of arms Flag Federal subject Ivanovo Oblast Rural localities 232 | Country Russia Administrative center town of Kineshma Area 1,583 km² | |
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Kineshemsky District (Russian: Ки́нешемский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,610 square kilometers (620 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kineshma (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 23,258 (2010 Census); 27,650 (2002 Census); 30,805 (1989 Census).
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Map of Kineshemsky District, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kineshemsky District is one of the twenty-one in the oblast. The town of Kineshma serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. Prior to the adoption of the Law #145-OZ On the Administrative-Territorial Division of Ivanovo Oblast in December 2010, the town of Navoloki was also incorporated separately from the district with the same status as Kineshma.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kineshemsky Municipal District. The Town of Kineshma is incorporated separately from the district as Kineshma Urban Okrug. The town of Navoloki is incorporated within the municipal district as Navolokskoye Urban Settlement.