Soligalichsky District (russian: Солига́личский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #112-4-ZKO] and municipal
[Law #237-ZKO] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-four in
Kostroma Oblast
Kostroma Oblast (russian: Костромска́я о́бласть, ''Kostromskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kostroma and its population as of the 2021 Census is 580,97 ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the northwest of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Soligalich
Soligalich (russian: Солига́лич) is a town and the administrative center of Soligalichsky District in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kostroma River. Population:
History
It originated as an important center ...
.
Population: 12,304 (
2002 Census);
The population of Soligalich accounts for 69.7% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Kostroma Oblast