Lyubimsky District (russian: Любимский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #12-z] and municipal
[Law #65-z] district (
raion
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), one of the
seventeen in
Yaroslavl Oblast
Yaroslavl Oblast (russian: Яросла́вская о́бласть, ''Yaroslavskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), which is located in the Central Federal District, surrounded by Tver Oblast, T ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the northeast of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
is the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
of
Lyubim
Lyubim ( rus, Люби́м, p=lʲʉˈbʲim) is a town and the administrative center of Lyubimsky District in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located by the Obnora River (a tributary of the Kostroma River). Population:
History
Known since 1546, it w ...
.
Population: 11,789 (
2010 Census);
The population of Lyubim accounts for 47.1% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Yaroslavl Oblast