Lotoshinsky District (russian: Лотоши́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #59/2005-OZ district (

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), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast,

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. It is located in the northwest of the

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and borders with

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in the north and west,

Volokolamsky District Volokolamsky District (russian: Волокола́мский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #1/2005-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast an ...

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 area ...

in the southwest, and with

Klinsky District Klinsky District (russian: Кли́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #11/2013-OZ and municipalLaw #80/2005-OZ district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders ...

in the east. The area of the district is . Its

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is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Lotoshino. 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 and the

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