Nerchinsko-Zavodsky District (russian: Нерчинско-Заводский райо́н) is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (

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), one of the thirty-one in

Zabaykalsky Krai Zabaykalsky Krai ( rus, Забайкальский край, r=Zabaikal'skii krai, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲskʲɪj kraj, lit. " Transbaikal krai"; bua, Yбэр Байгалай хизаар, Uber Baigalai Xizaar) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai ...

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. It is located in the east and southeast of the

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, and borders with

Gazimuro-Zavodsky District Gazimuro-Zavodsky District (russian: Газимуро-Заводский район) is an administrativeRegistry of the Administrative-Territorial Units and the Inhabited Localities and municipalLaw #316-ZZK district (raion), one of the thirty-on ...

in the north, and Kalgansky District in the south. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of Nerchinsky Zavod. Population: 12,499 ( 2002 Census); The population of Nerchinsky Zavod accounts for 26.4% of the district's total population.

History

The district was established on January 4, 1926.

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