Work settlements 2 Urban-type settlements 2 | Selsoviets 9 Area 1,441 km² | |
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Administrative center work settlement of Shatki | ||
Shatkovsky District (Russian: Шатко́вский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Shatkovsky Municipal District. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,440.7 square kilometers (556.3 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Shatki. Population: 27,018 (2010 Census); 28,841 (2002 Census); 30,364 (1989 Census). The population of Shatki accounts for 35.7% of the district's total population.
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Map of Shatkovsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
History
The district was established in 1929.
References
Shatkovsky District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA