Shimanovsky District (russian: Шимано́вский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #127-OZ] and municipal
[Law #12-OZ] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty
Twenty or 20 may refer to:
* 20 (number), the natural number following 19 and preceding 21
* one of the years 20 BC, AD 20, 1920, 2020
Music
Albums
* ''20'' (2nd Chapter of Acts album), 1992
* ''20'' (Cunter album), 2011
* ''20'' (Dr ...
in
Amur Oblast
Amur Oblast ( rus, Аму́рская о́бласть, r=Amurskaya oblast, p=ɐˈmurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers in the Russian Far East. The administrative ...
,
Russia
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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
Shimanovsk
Shimanovsk (russian: Шима́новск) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshaya Pyora River (a right-hand tributary of the Zeya), northwest of Blagoveshchensk. Population:
History
It was founded in conjunction with the con ...
[According to Law #127-OZ, the administrative-territorial structure of Amur Oblast matches its municipal structure. The laws dealing with the structure of the municipal districts serve as the registries of the inhabited localities of the administrative districts and list their administrative centers. For Shimanovsky District, Law #12-OZ is used.] (which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 7,275 (
2002 Census);
History
The district was established in 1939.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Shimanovsky District is one of the
twenty
Twenty or 20 may refer to:
* 20 (number), the natural number following 19 and preceding 21
* one of the years 20 BC, AD 20, 1920, 2020
Music
Albums
* ''20'' (2nd Chapter of Acts album), 1992
* ''20'' (Cunter album), 2011
* ''20'' (Dr ...
in the oblast.
The town of
Shimanovsk
Shimanovsk (russian: Шима́новск) is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshaya Pyora River (a right-hand tributary of the Zeya), northwest of Blagoveshchensk. Population:
History
It was founded in conjunction with the con ...
serves as its
administrative center
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,
despite being incorporated separately as an
urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Shimanovsky Municipal District.
Shimanovsk Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.
[Law #374-OZ]
References
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Districts of Amur Oblast