Shimanovsky District (Russian: Шимано́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] 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);[8] 8,588 (1989 Census).[9]
Shimanovsky District
Шимановский район | |
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Coordinates: 52°00′N 127°40′E / 52.000°N 127.667°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 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 5,242 (−12%) |
• Density | 0.41/km2 (1.1/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[6] |
• Municipal divisions[6] | 0 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+9 (MSK+6 [7]) |
OKTMO ID | 10655000 |
Website | http://www.shimraion.ru/ |
The district was established in 1939.[citation needed]
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.[6] Shimanovsk Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.[10]