Murashinsky District
Мурашинский район
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Murashi railway station in Murashinsky District
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Location of Murashinsky District in Kirov Oblast
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Coordinates: 59°23′N 48°58′E / 59.383°N 48.967°E / 59.383; 48.967 | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kirov Oblast[1] |
Established | July 10, 1929[2] |
Administrative center | Murashi[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 3,415.78 km2 (1,318.84 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 12,905 |
• Density | 3.8/km2 (9.8/sq mi) |
• Urban | 52.3% |
• Rural | 47.7% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1Towns, 1 Rural okrugs |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 1cities/towns, 36 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporatedas | Murashinsky Municipal District[4] |
• Municipal divisions[4] | 1 urban settlements, 1 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ![]() |
OKTMOID | 33624000 |
Website | http://мураши-сайт.рф |
2010 Census | 12,905[3] |
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2002 Census | 15,951[6] |
1989 Census | 20,518[7] |
1979 Census | 23,197[8] |
Murashinsky District (Russian: Мурашинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the thirty-nineinKirov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,415.78 square kilometers (1,318.84 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the townofMurashi.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 12,905, with the population of Murashi accounting for 52.3% of that number.[3]
The district was established on July 10, 1929 within Vyatka OkrugofNizhny Novgorod Krai from the parts of former Kazakovskaya and Pinyuzhanskaya VolostsofOrlovsky Uyezd.[2] It 1934, the district became a part of Kirov Krai (which was transformed into modern Kirov Oblast in 1936).[2]