Tonshayevsky District (Russian: Тонша́евский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Tonshayevsky Municipal District.[5] It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,353.1 square kilometers (908.5 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Tonshayevo.[1] Population: 20,219 (2010 Census);[2] 20,038 (2002 Census);[7] 19,588 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Tonshayevo accounts for 22.6% of the district's total population.[2]
Tonshayevsky District
Тоншаевский район | |
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Coordinates: 57°44′19″N 47°01′05″E / 57.73861°N 47.01806°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1] |
Established | 1929[1] |
Administrative center | Tonshayevo[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,353.1 km2 (908.5 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 20,219 |
• Estimate (2018)[3] | 18,730 (−7.4%) |
• Density | 8.6/km2 (22/sq mi) |
• Urban | 48.9% |
• Rural | 51.1% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 3 Work settlements, 6 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 3 Urban-type settlements[4], 77 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Tonshayevsky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 3 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
OKTMO ID | 22653000 |
Website | http://tns.omsu-nnov.ru |
The district was established in 1929.[1]
The Altsevo peat narrow gauge railway is located in the work settlement of Pizhma, closed in 2015.
The Pizhemskaya narrow gauge railway is located in the work settlement of Pizhma.