Pochinkovsky District
Починковский район | |
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Coordinates: 54°42′19″N 44°51′53″E / 54.70528°N 44.86472°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1] |
Established | 1929[1] |
Administrative center | Pochinki[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,960.6 km2 (757.0 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 30,668 |
• Density | 16/km2 (41/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 9 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 78 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Pochinkovsky Municipal District[3] |
• Municipal divisions[3] | 0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [4]) |
OKTMO ID | 22646000 |
Website | http://pochinki.org |
Pochinkovsky District (Russian: Почи́нковский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Pochinkovsky Municipal District.[3] It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,960.6 square kilometers (757.0 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Pochinki.[1] Population: 30,668 (2010 Census);[2] 33,788 (2002 Census);[5] 38,192 (1989 Soviet census).[6] The population of Pochinki accounts for 38.8% of the district's total population.[2]