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Krasnooktyabrsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

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Country
  
Russia

Administrative center
  
selo of Urazovka

Rural localities
  
45

Federal subject
  
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Selsoviets
  
12

Area
  
886.2 km²

Krasnooktyabrsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Municipally incorporated as
  
Krasnooktyabrsky Municipal District

Krasnooktyabrsky District (Russian: Краснооктя́брьский райо́н; Tatar: Кызыл Октябрь районы, Qızıl Oktəber rayonı) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Krasnooktyabrsky Municipal District. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 886.2 square kilometers (342.2 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Urazovka. Population: 11,729 (2010 Census); 13,496 (2002 Census); 16,662 (1989 Census). The population of Urazovka accounts for 13.9% of the district's total population.

Contents

Map of Krasnooktyabrsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

History

The district was established in 1929 and given its present name in 1930.

References

Krasnooktyabrsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Wikipedia