Shimanovsky District Explained

En Name:Shimanovsky District
Ru Name:Шимановский район
Coordinates:52°N 167°W
Image View:Ушаково (Амурская область).jpg
Federal Subject:Amur Oblast
Adm Data As Of:June 2008
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Shimanovsk
Selsoviet Type1:Rural settlements
No Of Selsoviets Type1:12
No Of Rural Localities:25
Mun Data As Of:June 2012
Mun Formation1:Shimanovsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:0
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:12
Area Km2:14554
Area Km2 Ref:[1]
Pop 2010Census:5956
Urban Pop 2010Census:0%
Rural Pop 2010Census:100%
Established Date:1939
Website:http://www.shimraion.ru/
Date:August 2011

Shimanovsky District (Russian: Шимано́вский райо́н) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 14554km2.[1] Its administrative center is the town of Shimanovsk[4] (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 7,275 (2002 Census);

History

The district was established in 1939.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shimanovsky District is one of the twenty in the oblast. The town of Shimanovsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Shimanovsky Municipal District. Shimanovsk Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.[5]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Descriptive Statistics - Shimanovsky. Federal State Statistics Service, Russian Federation. ru. July 2, 2016.
  2. Law #127-OZ
  3. Law #12-OZ
  4. According to Law #127-OZ, the administrative-territorial structure of Amur Oblast matches its municipal structure. The laws dealing with the structure of the municipal districts serve as the registries of the inhabited localities of the administrative districts and list their administrative centers. For Shimanovsky District, Law #12-OZ is used.
  5. Law #374-OZ