Shimanovsky District
District in Amur Oblast, Russia
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Shimanovsky District (Russian: Шимано́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 14,554 square kilometers (5,619 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Shimanovsk[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 5,956 (2010 census);[4] 7,275 (2002 Census);[7] 8,588 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
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Shimanovsky District
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Village of Ushakovo, Shimanovsky District | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Shimanovsky District in Amur Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 52°00′N 127°40′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Amur Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1939 |
| Administrative center | Shimanovsk[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 14,554 km2 (5,619 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 5,956 |
| • Density | 0.4092/km2 (1.060/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 12 Rural settlements |
| • Inhabited localities[2] | 25 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Shimanovsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6  [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 10655000 |
| Website | http://www.shimraion.ru/ |
History
The district was established in 1939.[citation needed]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shimanovsky District is one of the twenty in the oblast.[1] The town of Shimanovsk serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as an urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Shimanovsky Municipal District.[5] Shimanovsk Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.[9]