Coat of arms Flag Federal subject Mari El Republic Rural okrugs 3 | Country Russia Urban-type settlements 1 Area 896.5 km² | |
 | ||
Administrative center urban-type settlement of Orshanka | ||
The nature of belarus morning on selishche s lake orshansky district
Orshansky District (Russian: Орша́нский райо́н; Meadow Mari: Ӧрша кундем) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is 880 square kilometers (340 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Orshanka. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 15,139, with the population of Orshanka accounting for 43.5% of that number.
Contents
- The nature of belarus morning on selishche s lake orshansky district
- Map of Orshanskiy r n Mari El Republic Russia
- Administrative and municipal status
- References
Map of Orshanskiy r-n, Mari El Republic, Russia
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Orshansky District is one of the fourteen in the republic. It is divided into one urban-type settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Orshanka) and three rural okrugs, all of which comprise seventy-two rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Orshansky Municipal District. Orshanka Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the three rural okrugs are incorporated into three rural settlements within the municipal district. The urban-type settlement of Orshanka serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.