Work settlements 1 Urban-type settlements 1 | Selsoviets 5 Area 979.5 km² | |
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Administrative center work settlement of Vacha | ||
Vachsky District (Russian: Ва́чский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Vachsky Municipal District. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 979.5 square kilometers (378.2 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Vacha. Population: 19,979 (2010 Census); 23,349 (2002 Census); 29,198 (1989 Census). The population of Vacha accounts for 30.0% of the district's total population.
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Map of Vachsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
History
The district was established in 1929.
References
Vachsky District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA