Galichsky District (russian: Га́личский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #112-4-ZKO] and municipal
[Law #237-ZKO] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-four in
Kostroma Oblast
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,
Russia
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. It is located in the west of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Galich (which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 11,503 (
2002 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Galichsky District is one of the
twenty-four in the oblast.
The town of
Galich serves as its
administrative center
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, despite being incorporated separately as a
town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Galichsky Municipal District.
The town of oblast significance of Galich is incorporated separately from the district as Galich Urban Okrug.
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Districts of Kostroma Oblast
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