Orlovsky District (russian: Орло́вский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #203-ZO] and municipal
[Law #284-ZO] district (
raion
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), one of the
thirty-nine
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in
Kirov Oblast
Kirov Oblast (russian: Ки́ровская о́бласть, ''Kirovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. Population: 1,341,312 ( 2010 Census).
Geography
Na ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the central part 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
Orlov
Orlov may refer to:
Places
*Orlov, Russia (''Orlova''), several inhabited localities in Russia
*Orlov, Stará Ľubovňa District, village in Eastern Slovakia
*Orlová, a town in Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic
People
*Orlov (family) ...
.
Population: 16,190 (
2002 Census);
The population of Orlov accounts for 53.8% of the district's total population.
History
Until 1992, the district was called Khalturinsky ().
People
*
Stepan Khalturin
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(1857-1882)
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of Kirov Oblast
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