Shatkovsky District () is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
forty in
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
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,
Russia
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.
[Order #3-od] Municipally, it is incorporated as Shatkovsky Municipal District.
[Resolution #670] It is located in the south of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the
urban locality (a
work settlement
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) of
Shatki.
Population: 27,018 (
2010 Census);
The population of Shatki accounts for 35.7% of the district's total population.
History
The district was established in 1929.
References
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Districts of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
States and territories established in 1929
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