Murashinsky District
District in Kirov Oblast, Russia
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Murashinsky District (Russian: Мурашинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the thirty-nine in Kirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,415.78 square kilometers (1,318.84 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Murashi.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 12,905, with the population of Murashi accounting for 52.3% of that number.[3]
Murashinsky District
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Murashi railway station in Murashinsky District | |
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 Location of Murashinsky District in Kirov Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 59°23′N 48°58′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kirov Oblast[1] |
| Established | July 10, 1929[2] |
| Administrative center | Murashi[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,415.78 km2 (1,318.84 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 12,905 |
| • Density | 3.7781/km2 (9.7851/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 52.3% |
| • Rural | 47.7% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Towns, 1 Rural okrugs |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 cities/towns, 36 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Murashinsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 1 urban settlements, 1 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 33624000 |
| Website | http://мураши-сайт.рф |
| 2010 Census | 12,905[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 15,951[6] |
| 1989 Census | 20,518[7] |
| 1979 Census | 23,197[8] |
History
The district was established on July 10, 1929 within Vyatka Okrug of Nizhny Novgorod Krai from the parts of former Kazakovskaya and Pinyuzhanskaya Volosts of Orlovsky Uyezd.[2] It 1934, the district became a part of Kirov Krai (which was transformed into modern Kirov Oblast in 1936).[2]