Kashinsky District

Kashinsky District (Russian: Кашинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It borders with Kesovogorsky, Kalyazinsky, and Bezhetsky Districts of Tver Oblast, and with Yaroslavl Oblast. The district's administrative center is the town of Kashin. District's population: 27,412 (2010 Census preliminary results);[1] 12,701 (2002 Census);[2] 15,805 (1989 Census).[3]

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Geography

The district's area is 1,973 square kilometers (762 sq mi). The district comprises eleven selsoviets (as of 2007) and 395 rural localities.

The main natural resources in the district are mineral water and peat.

Transportation

Buses connect the inhabited localities in the district with Tver and Moscow, as well as provide local transportation. There is also a railroad that connects Kashin with Sonkovo.

Economy

The district specializes in agriculture. Other developed industries include logging, liquor and vodka production, mineral water bottling, and production of electrical equipment.

See also

References

  1. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved 2011-04-25. 
  2. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
  3. ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 

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