Zaraysky District (russian: Зара́йский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #11/2013-OZ] and municipal
[Law #63/2005-OZ] district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
), 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 southeast 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
Zaraysk
Zaraysk (russian: Зара́йск) is a town and the administrative center of Zaraysky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located about southeast from Moscow. Population:
Geography
The town stands on the right bank of the Osyotr River, which i ...
.
Population: 41,912 (
2010 Census);
The population of Zaraysk accounts for 58.8% of the district's total population.
See also
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List of rural localities in Moscow Oblast
This is a list of rural localities in Moscow Oblast. Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast, p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, liter ...
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Districts of Moscow Oblast