Shadrinsky District
District in Kurgan Oblast, Russia
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Shadrinsky District (Russian: Шадринский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kurgan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 4,100 square kilometers (1,600 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Shadrinsk (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 27,360 (2010 census);[3] 33,331 (2002 Census);[6] 35,256 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
Shadrinsky District
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Mylnikovsky forest, Shadrinsky District | |
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 Location of Shadrinsky District in Kurgan Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 56°05′N 63°38′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kurgan Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1924 |
| Administrative center | Shadrinsk[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,100 km2 (1,600 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 27,360 |
| • Density | 6.7/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 35 selsoviet |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 92 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Shadrinsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 35 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 37638000 |
| Website | http://raion.shadrinsk.net/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shadrinsky District is one of the twenty-four in the oblast.[1] The town of Shadrinsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Shadrinsky Municipal District.[4] Shadrinsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated separately from the district as Shadrinsk Urban Okrug.[4]