Orshansky District

For the district in Belarus, see Orsha Raion.

Orshansky District
Оршанский район (Russian)
Ӧрша кундем (Meadow Mari)

Location of Orshansky District in the Mari El Republic

Lake Tabashinskoye, a protected area of Russia in Orshansky District
Coat of arms
Flag
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Mari El Republic[1]
Administrative structure (as of October 2014)
Administrative center urban-type settlement of Orshanka[2]
Administrative divisions:[2]
Urban-type settlements 1
Rural okrugs 3
Inhabited localities:[2]
Urban-type settlements[3] 1
Rural localities 72
Municipal structure (as of August 2014)
Municipally incorporated as Orshansky Municipal District[4]
Municipal divisions:[4]
Urban settlements 1
Rural settlements 3
Statistics
Area 880 km2 (340 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 15,139 inhabitants[5]
 Urban 43.5%
 Rural 56.5%
Density 17.2/km2 (45/sq mi)[6]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[7]
Official website
Orshansky District on WikiCommons
Population of Orshansky District
2010 Census 15,139[5]
2002 Census 15,832[8]
1989 Census 16,282[9]
1979 Census 15,523[10]

Orshansky District (Russian: Орша́нский райо́н; Meadow Mari: Ӧрша кундем) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is 880 square kilometers (340 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Orshanka.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 15,139, with the population of Orshanka accounting for 43.5% of that number.[5]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Orshansky District is one of the fourteen in the republic.[1] It is divided into one urban-type settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Orshanka) and three rural okrugs, all of which comprise seventy-two rural localities.[2] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Orshansky Municipal District.[4] Orshanka Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the three rural okrugs are incorporated into three rural settlements within the municipal district.[4] The urban-type settlement of Orshanka serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[2] and municipal[11] district.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Law #22-Z
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Resolution #9
  3. The count of urban-type settlements includes the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #15-Z
  5. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  6. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  7. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  8. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  10. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России. (All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia.)". Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года (All-Union Population Census of 1979) (in Russian). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1979. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  11. Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 88 640». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 88 640. ).

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