Work settlements 3 Urban-type settlements 3 | Selsoviets 6 Area 2,353 km² | |
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Administrative center work settlement of Tonshayevo | ||
Tonshayevsky District (Russian: Тонша́евский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Tonshayevsky Municipal District. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,353.1 square kilometers (908.5 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Tonshayevo. Population: 20,219 (2010 Census); 20,038 (2002 Census); 19,588 (1989 Census). The population of Tonshayevo accounts for 22.6% of the district's total population.
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Map of Tonshayevsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
History
The district was established in 1929.
Transportation
The Altsevo peat narrow gauge railway is located in the work settlement of Pizhma.
References
Tonshayevsky District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA