Buturlinsky District (russian: Бутурли́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
forty
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in
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (russian: link=no, Нижегородская область, ''Nizhegorodskaya oblast''), is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localiti ...
,
Russia
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.
[Order #3-od] Municipally, it is incorporated as Buturlinsky Municipal District.
[Resolution #670] It is located in the southeastern central part of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
urban locality (a
work settlement) of
Buturlino.
Population: 14,471 (
2010 Census);
The population of Buturlino accounts for 44.3% of the district's total population.
History
The district was established in 1929.
References
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Districts of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
States and territories established in 1929
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