Tonkinsky District
District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
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Tonkinsky District (Russian: То́нкинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Tonkinsky Municipal District.[4] It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,018.5 square kilometers (393.2 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Tonkino.[1] Population: 9,007 (2010 Census);[2] 11,097 (2002 census);[6] 12,551 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of Tonkino accounts for 56.7% of the district's total population.[2]
Tonkinsky District
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Entering Tonkinsky District | |
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 Location of Tonkinsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 57°22′19″N 46°27′35″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1929[1] |
| Administrative center | Tonkino[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,018.5 km2 (393.2 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 9,007 |
| • Density | 8.843/km2 (22.90/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 56.7% |
| • Rural | 43.3% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Work settlements, 4 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 urban-type settlements[3], 83 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Tonkinsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 1 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 22652000 |
| Website | http://www.tonkino.ru |
History
The district was established in 1929.[1]