Administrative center selo of Sechenovo Rural localities 53 | Selsoviets 7 Area 991 km² | |
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Sechenovsky District (Russian: Сеченовский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Sechenovsky Municipal District. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 991 square kilometers (383 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Sechenovo. Population: 15,446 (2010 Census); 17,741 (2002 Census); 19,338 (1989 Census). The population of Sechenovo accounts for 34.1% of the district's total population.
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Map of Sechenovsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
History
The district was established in 1929 and renamed in 1944 after physiologist Ivan Sechenov.
References
Sechenovsky District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA