Lotoshinsky District (russian: Лотоши́нский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #11/2013-OZ] and municipal
[Law #59/2005-OZ] district (
raion), one of the
thirty-six in
Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...
,
Russia. It is located in the northwest of the
oblast and borders with
Tver Oblast in the north and west,
Volokolamsky District in the southeast,
Shakhovskoy District
Shakhovskoy District (russian: Шаховско́й райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #62/2005-OZ district ( raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The ar ...
in the southwest, and with
Klinsky District in the east. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center is the
urban locality (a
work settlement) of
Lotoshino
Lotoshino (russian: Лотошино́) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Lotoshinsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is the least populous administrative center of a district in Moscow Oblas ...
.
Population: 17,859 (
2010 Census);
The population of Lotoshino accounts for 31.1% of the district's total population.
Geography
About 40% of the district's territory is covered by forests. Major rivers flowing through the district include the
Lama
Lama (; "chief") is a title for a teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism. The name is similar to the Sanskrit term ''guru'', meaning "heavy one", endowed with qualities the student will eventually embody. The Tibetan word "lama" means "hi ...
and the
Lob.
History
The district was created in 1929.
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Districts of Moscow Oblast