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Coat of arms
  
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Federal subject
  
Moscow Oblast

Work settlements
  
1

Area
  
1,112 km²

Country
  
Russia

Administrative center
  
city of Kolomna

Rural settlements
  
8

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Kolomensky District (Russian: Коло́менский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Lukhovitsky, Ozyorsky, Stupinsky, Voskresensky, and with Yegoryevsky Districts and the territory of the City of Kolomna. The area of the district is 1,112.28 square kilometers (429.45 sq mi). Its administrative center is the city of Kolomna (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 44,856 (2010 Census); 40,780 (2002 Census); 44,477 (1989 Census).

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Map of Kolomensky District, Moskovsky, Russia

Geography

Main rivers flowing through the district are the Oka and the Moskva. They are relatively clean.

History

The district was established in 1929.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kolomensky District is one of the thirty-six in the oblast. The city of Kolomna serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kolomensky Municipal District. Kolomna City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated separately from the district as Kolomna Urban Okrug.

References

Kolomensky District Wikipedia


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