Sholokhovsky District (Russian: Шо́лоховский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,536 square kilometers (979 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Vyoshenskaya.[1] Population: 27,294 (2010 Census);[3] 29,629 (2002 Census);[7] 30,016 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Vyoshenskaya accounts for 33.9% of the district's total population.[3]
Sholokhovsky District
Шолоховский район | |
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Coordinates: 49°37′38″N 41°43′34″E / 49.62722°N 41.72611°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Rostov Oblast[1] |
Established | 1924 |
Administrative center | Vyoshenskaya[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,536 km2 (979 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 27,294 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 25,598 (−6.2%) |
• Density | 11/km2 (28/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 9 Rural settlements |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 52 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Sholokhovsky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
OKTMO ID | 60659000 |
Website | http://veshki.donland.ru/ |
The district was called Vyoshensky (Вёшенский) until 1984, when it was renamed in honor of author Mikhail Sholokhov, a Nobel Prize-winner, who was from Vyoshenskaya and died earlier that year.[citation needed]