En Name: | Orshansky District |
Ru Name: | Оршанский район |
Loc Name1: | Оршанке кундем |
Loc Lang1: | Meadow Mari |
Loc Lang2: | Hill Mari |
Image View: | Облака в озёрной глади.JPG |
Coordinates: | 55.895°N 48.033°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of arms of Orshansky District.png |
Federal Subject: | Mari El Republic |
Adm Data As Of: | October 2014 |
Adm Ctr Type: | urban-type settlement |
Adm Ctr Name: | Orshanka |
Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type: | Urban-type settlements |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance: | 1 |
Selsoviet Type1: | Rural okrugs |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 3 |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 1 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 72 |
Mun Data As Of: | August 2014 |
Mun Formation1: | Orshansky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 3 |
Area Km2: | 897 |
Pop 2010Census: | 15139 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 43.5% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 56.5% |
Website: | http://portal.mari.ru/orshanka/default.aspx |
Date: | October 2012 |
Population of Orshansky District | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 15,139 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 15,832 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 16,282 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 15,523 |
Orshansky District (ru|Орша́нский райо́н; mhr|Оршанке кундем, Oršanke kundem) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is 897km2.[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Orshanka.[4] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 15,139, with the population of Orshanka accounting for 43.5% of that number.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Orshansky District is one of the fourteen in the republic. It is divided into one urban-type settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Orshanka) and three rural okrugs, all of which comprise seventy-two rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Orshansky Municipal District. Orshanka Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the three rural okrugs are incorporated into three rural settlements within the municipal district. The urban-type settlement of Orshanka serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.