Sandovsky District
Sandovsky District
Сандовский район (Russian) | |
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Location of Sandovsky District in Tver Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 58°27′N 36°24′E / 58.450°N 36.400°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Tver Oblast |
| Established | 1929 |
| Administrative center | Sandovo |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,608 km2 (621 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 6,811 |
| • Density | 4.236/km2 (10.97/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 51.5% |
| • Rural | 48.5% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban settlements, 4 Rural settlements |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 urban-type settlements, 215 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Sandovsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 4 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 28649000 |
| Website | http://www.sandovoregion.ru/ |
Sandovsky District (Russian: Са́ндовский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast and borders with Ustyuzhensky District of Vologda Oblast in the north, Vesyegonsky District in the northeast, Molokovsky District in the southeast, Maksatikhinsky District in the south, Lesnoy District in the west, and with Pestovsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the northwest. The area of the district is 1,608 square kilometers (621 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Sandovo. Population: 6,811 (2010 Census); 9,385 (2002 census); 12,495 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Sandovo accounts for 51.5% of the district's total population.