Shchyolkovsky District (russian: Щёлковский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #11/2013-OZ] and municipal
[Law #83/2005-OZ] district (
raion
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), 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
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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
city
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of
Shchyolkovo
Shchyolkovo ( rus, Щёлково, p=ˈɕːɵlkəvə) is a city and the administrative center of Shchyolkovsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River (Oka's tributary), northeast of Moscow. Population: 112,865 ( 2002 ...
.
Population: 193,629 (
2010 Census);
The population of Shchyolkovo accounts for 57.0% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Moscow Oblast