Varnavinsky District
Варнавинский район | |
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![]() The Pizhug River in Varnavinsky District | |
![]() Location of Varnavinsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | |
Coordinates: 57°30′51″N 44°53′31″E / 57.51417°N 44.89194°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1] |
Established | 1929[1] |
Administrative center | Varnavino[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,523.4 km2 (974.3 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 13,366 |
• Density | 5.3/km2 (14/sq mi) |
• Urban | 26.0% |
• Rural | 74.0% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Work settlements, 5 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 1 Urban-type settlements[3], 90 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Varnavinsky Municipal District[4] |
• Municipal divisions[4] | 1 urban settlements, 5 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ![]() |
OKTMO ID | 22615000 |
Website | http://варнавино-район.рф |
Varnavinsky District (Russian: Варна́винский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Varnavinsky Municipal District.[4] It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,523.4 square kilometers (974.3 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Varnavino.[1] Population: 13,366 (2010 Census);[2] 15,867 (2002 Census);[6] 15,130 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of Varnavino accounts for 26.0% of the district's total population.[2]
The district was established in 1929.[1]