Sheksninsky District
Шекснинский район | |
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Coordinates: 59°13′N 38°30′E / 59.217°N 38.500°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Vologda Oblast[1] |
Established | January 12, 1965[2] |
Administrative center | Sheksna[3] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,500 km2 (1,000 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 33,375 |
• Density | 13/km2 (35/sq mi) |
• Urban | 67.1% |
• Rural | 32.9% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 2 Urban-type settlements, 15 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[3] | 2 Urban-type settlements[6], 374 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Sheksninsky Municipal District[7] |
• Municipal divisions[7] | 2 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [8]) |
OKTMO ID | 19658000 |
Website | http://www.sheksnainfo.ru |
Sheksninsky District (Russian: Шексни́нский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Kirillovsky District in the north, Vologodsky District in the east, Poshekhonsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast in the south, and with Cherepovetsky District in the west. The area of the district is 2,500 square kilometers (970 sq mi).[4] Its administrative center is the urban locality of Sheksna (a work settlement).[3] The district's population was 33,375 (2010 Census);[5] 36,007 (2002 Census);[9] 34,679 (1989 Soviet census).[10] The population of Sheksna accounts for 62.8% of the district's total population.[5]
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