Nytvensky District (russian: Ны́твенский райо́н) is an administrative 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 ...
) of
Perm Krai
Perm Krai (russian: Пе́рмский край, r=Permsky kray, p=ˈpʲɛrmskʲɪj ˈkraj, ''Permsky krai'', , ''Perem lador'') is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 refe ...
,
Russia
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; one of the
thirty-three in the
krai
A krai or kray (; russian: край, , ''kraya'') is one of the types of federal subjects of modern Russia, and was a type of geographical administrative division in the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR.
Etymologically, the word is relate ...
.
[Law #416-67] Municipally, it is incorporated as Nytvensky Municipal District.
[Law #1738-356] It is located in the southwestern central part of the krai. The area of the district is .
[Encyclopedia of Perm Krai]
Entry on Nytvensky District
Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
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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
Nytva.
Population: The population of Nytva accounts for 43.5% of the district's total population.
Notable residents
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Evgeniy Garanichev
Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Garanichev (russian: Евгений Александрович Гараничев; born 13 February 1988) is a Russian biathlete, who has been competing on the World Cup circuit since the 2010–11 season. He has had five ...
(born 1988 in Novoilyinsky), biathlete
See also
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Mokino, Nytvensky District, Perm Krai
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of Perm Krai
States and territories established in 1923