Lyubimsky District (russian: Любимский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #12-z] and municipal
[Law #65-z] district (
raion
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), one of the
seventeen
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Magazines
* ''Seventeen'' (American magazine), an American magazine
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in
Yaroslavl Oblast
Yaroslavl Oblast (russian: Яросла́вская о́бласть, ''Yaroslavskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), which is located in the Central Federal District, surrounded by Tver, Moscow, Ivanovo, Vladimir, Kostroma ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the northeast 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
Lyubim
Lyubim ( rus, Люби́м, p=lʲʉˈbʲim) is a town and the administrative center of Lyubimsky District in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located by the Obnora River (a tributary of the Kostroma River). Population:
History
Known since 1546, it w ...
.
Population: 11,789 (
2010 Census);
The population of Lyubim accounts for 47.1% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Yaroslavl Oblast