Shatkovsky District
Shatkovsky District
Шатковский район | |
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Entrance to Shatki, Shatkovsky District | |
Location of Shatkovsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 55°11′N 44°09′E / 55.183°N 44.150°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| Established | 1929 |
| Administrative center | Shatki |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,440.7 km2 (556.3 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 27,018 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 39.5% |
| • Rural | 60.5% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 2 Work settlements, 9 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 2 urban-type settlements, 65 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Shatkovsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 2 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 22657000 |
| Website | http://shatki.info |
Shatkovsky District (Russian: Шатко́вский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Shatkovsky Municipal District. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,440.7 square kilometers (556.3 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Shatki. Population: 27,018 (2010 Census); 28,841 (2002 Census); 30,364 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Shatki accounts for 35.7% of the district's total population.