Chernyshkovsky District (russian: Черны́шковский райо́н) is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
thirty-three in
Volgograd Oblast
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,
Russia
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.
[Law #139-OD] As a
municipal division, it is incorporated as Chernyshkovsky Municipal District.
[Law #976-OD] It is located in the southwest of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
[Official website of Chernyshkovsky District]
Information about the district
Its
administrative center
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is the
urban locality (a
work settlement) of
Chernyshkovsky.
Population: 18,326 (
2002 Census);
The population of the administrative center accounts for 32.0% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Volgograd Oblast