Orshansky District
Orshansky District
Оршанский район (Russian) | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Meadow Mari | Оршанке кундем |
Lake Tabashinskoye, a protected area of Russia in Orshansky District | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Orshansky District in the Mari El Republic | |
| Coordinates: 55°53′42″N 48°01′59″E / 55.895°N 48.033°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Mari El Republic |
| Established | 28 August 1924 |
| Administrative center | Orshanka |
| Area | |
• Total | 897 km2 (346 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 15,139 |
| • Density | 16.9/km2 (43.7/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 43.5% |
| • Rural | 56.5% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements, 3 Rural okrugs |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 urban-type settlements, 72 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Orshansky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 3 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 88640000 |
| Website | http://portal.mari.ru/orshanka/default.aspx |
| 2010 Census | 15,139 |
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| 2002 Census | 15,832 |
| 1989 Census | 16,282 |
| 1979 Census | 15,523 |
Orshansky District (Russian: Орша́нский райо́н; Meadow Mari: Оршанке кундем, Oršanke kundem) is an administrative and municipal 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 897 square kilometers (346 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Orshanka. 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.