Orshansky District

Orshansky District
Оршанский район
Other transcription(s)
 • Meadow MariОршанке кундем
Lake Tabashinskoye, a protected area of Russia in Orshansky District
Lake Tabashinskoye, a protected area of Russia in Orshansky District
Flag of Orshansky District
Coat of arms of Orshansky District
Map
Location of Orshansky District in the Mari El Republic
Coordinates: 55°53′42″N 48°01′59″E / 55.895°N 48.033°E / 55.895; 48.033
CountryRussia
Federal subjectMari El Republic[1]
Established28 August 1924Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerOrshanka[2]
Area
 • Total
897 km2 (346 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
15,139
 • Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
 • Urban
43.5%
 • Rural
56.5%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Urban-type settlements, 3 Rural okrugs
 • Inhabited localities[2]1 Urban-type settlements[5], 72 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asOrshansky Municipal District[6]
 • Municipal divisions[6]1 urban settlements, 3 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[7])
OKTMO ID88640000
Websitehttp://portal.mari.ru/orshanka/default.aspx
Population of Orshansky District
2010 Census15,139[4]
2002 Census15,832[8]
1989 Census16,282[9]
1979 Census15,523[10]

Orshansky District (Russian: Орша́нский райо́н; Meadow Mari: Оршанке кундем, Oršanke kundem) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is 897 square kilometers (346 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Orshanka.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 15,139, with the population of Orshanka accounting for 43.5% of that number.[4]

  1. ^ a b Law #22-Z
  2. ^ a b c Resolution #9
  3. ^ a b "General Information" (in Russian). Orshansky District. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  5. ^ The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  6. ^ a b c Law #15-Z
  7. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  9. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  10. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.