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Sharangsky District

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Country
  
Russia

Work settlements
  
1

Urban-type settlements
  
1

Federal subject
  
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

Selsoviets
  
7

Area
  
1,596 km²

Sharangsky District

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.

Contents

Map of Sharangsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia

History

The district was established in 1929.

References

Sharangsky District Wikipedia