Sholokhovsky District

Sholokhovsky District
Шолоховский район (Russian)

Location of Sholokhovsky District in Rostov Oblast
Coordinates: 49°37′38″N 41°43′34″E / 49.62722°N 41.72611°E / 49.62722; 41.72611Coordinates: 49°37′38″N 41°43′34″E / 49.62722°N 41.72611°E / 49.62722; 41.72611
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Rostov Oblast[1]
Administrative structure (as of July 2012)
Administrative center stanitsa of Vyoshenskaya[1]
Administrative divisions:[1]
Rural settlements 9
Inhabited localities:[1]
Rural localities 52
Municipal structure (as of November 2004)
Municipally incorporated as Sholokhovsky Municipal District[2]
Municipal divisions:[2]
Urban settlements 0
Rural settlements 9
Statistics
Area 2,527 km2 (976 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 27,294 inhabitants[3]
 Urban 0%
 Rural 100%
Density 10.8/km2 (28/sq mi)[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
Previous names Vyoshensky District (until 1984)
Official website
Sholokhovsky District on WikiCommons

Sholokhovsky District (Russian: Шо́лоховский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,527 square kilometers (976 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Vyoshenskaya.[1] Population: 27,294 (2010 Census);[3] 29,629(2002 Census);[6] 30,016(1989 Census).[7] The population of Vyoshenskaya accounts for 33.9% of the district's total population.[3]

History

The district was called Vyoshensky (Вёшенский) until 1984, when it was renamed in honor of author Mikhail Sholokhov, a Nobel Prize-winner, who was from Vyoshenskaya and died earlier that year.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Law #340-ZS
  2. 1 2 3 Law #198-ZS
  3. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  5. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "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] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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