Shatkovsky District
Шатковский район
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Entrance to Shatki, Shatkovsky District
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Location of Shatkovsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
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Coordinates: 55°11′N 44°09′E / 55.183°N 44.150°E / 55.183; 44.150 | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1] |
Established | 1929[1] |
Administrative center | Shatki[1] |
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 | 2Work settlements, 9 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 2Urban-type settlements[3], 65 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporatedas | Shatkovsky Municipal District[4] |
• Municipal divisions[4] | 2 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ![]() |
OKTMOID | 22657000 |
Website | http://shatki.info |
Shatkovsky District (Russian: Шатко́вский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fortyinNizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Shatkovsky Municipal District.[4] It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,440.7 square kilometers (556.3 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the urban locality (awork settlement) of Shatki.[1] Population: 27,018 (2010 Census);[2] 28,841 (2002 Census);[6] 30,364 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of Shatki accounts for 35.7% of the district's total population.[2]
The district was established in 1929.[1]