Shimsky District
Шимский район | |
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Coordinates: 57°12′N 30°43′E / 57.200°N 30.717°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Novgorod Oblast[1] |
Established | February 15, 1935[2] |
Administrative center | Shimsk[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,836 km2 (709 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 11,750 |
• Density | 6.4/km2 (17/sq mi) |
• Urban | 33.1% |
• Rural | 66.9% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements, 3 Settlements |
• Inhabited localities[5] | 1 Urban-type settlements[6], 126 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Shimsky Municipal District[7] |
• Municipal divisions[7] | 1 urban settlements, 3 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [8]) |
OKTMO ID | 49655000 |
Website | http://shimsk-nov.ru/ |
Shimsky District (Russian: Ши́мский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast and borders with Batetsky District in the north, Novgorodsky District in the northeast, Starorussky District in the southeast, Volotovsky District in the south, Soletsky District in the southwest, Strugo-Krasnensky and Plyussky Districts, both of Pskov Oblast, in the west, and with Luzhsky District of Leningrad Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is 1,836 square kilometers (709 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Shimsk.[1] Population: 11,750 (2010 Census);[4] 13,312 (2002 Census);[9] 13,477 (1989 Soviet census).[10] The population of Shimsk accounts for 33.1% of the district's total population.[4]
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