Country Russia Work settlements 1 Urban-type settlements 1 | Federal subject Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Selsoviets 4 Area 1,018 km² | |
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Administrative center work settlement of Tonkino | ||
Tonkinsky District (Russian: Тонкинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Tonkinsky Municipal District. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,018.5 square kilometers (393.2 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Tonkino. Population: 9,007 (2010 Census); 11,097 (2002 Census); 12,551 (1989 Census). The population of Tonkino accounts for 56.7% of the district's total population.
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Map of Tonkinsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
History
The district was established in 1929.
References
Tonkinsky District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA