Work settlements 1 Urban-type settlements 1 | Selsoviets 7 Area 1,596 km² | |
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Administrative center work settlement of Sharanga | ||
Sharangsky District (Russian: Шарангский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Sharangsky Municipal District. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,595.8 square kilometers (616.1 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Sharanga. Population: 12,450 (2010 Census); 13,743 (2002 Census); 14,985 (1989 Census). The population of Sharanga accounts for 52.7% of the district's total population.
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Map of Sharangsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
History
The district was established in 1929.
References
Sharangsky District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA