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Nerekhtsky District () is an administrativeLaw #112-4-ZKO and municipalLaw #237-ZKO district (
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), one of the twenty-four in
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,
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. It is located in the west of the
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. The area of the district is . Its
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is the
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of Nerekhta (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 13,447 ( 2002 Census);


Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nerekhtsky District is one of the twenty-four in the oblast. The
town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
of Nerekhta serves as its
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, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Nerekhtsky Municipal District, with the town of oblast significance of Nerekhta being incorporated within it as Nerekhta Urban Settlement.


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