Sharyinsky District
Administrative and municipal district in Kostroma Oblast, Russia
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Sharyinsky District (Russian: Шарьи́нский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kostroma Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 4,070 square kilometers (1,570 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Sharya (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 7,522 (2021 census);[7] 10,390 (2010 census);[3] 12,851 (2002 Census);[8] 16,458 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
Sharyinsky District
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 Lake Kolmovo, Sharyinsky District | |
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 Location of Sharyinsky District in Kostroma Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 58°22′N 45°30′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kostroma Oblast[1] |
| Administrative center | Sharya[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,070 km2 (1,570 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 10,390 |
| • Density | 2.55/km2 (6.61/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 10 Settlements |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 179 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Sharyinsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 34648000 |
| Website | http://www.admshmr.ru/index.php |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sharyinsky District is one of the twenty-four in the oblast.[1] The town of Sharya serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sharyinsky Municipal District.[5] The town of oblast significance of Sharya is incorporated separately from the district as Sharya Urban Okrug.[5]