Nikolayevsky District () is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
thirty-three in
Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast ( rus, Волгоградская область, p=vəɫɡɐˈgratskəjə ˈobɫəsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region, lower Volga region of Southern Russia ...
,
Russia
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.
[Law #139-OD] As a
municipal division, it is incorporated as Nikolayevsky Municipal District.
[Law #1005-OD] 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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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the
town
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of
Nikolayevsk
Nikolayevsk () is a town and the administrative center of Nikolayevsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the left (eastern) shore of the Volga River. Population:
History
It was founded in 1747 as the ''khutor'' of Dmitriyev (), ...
.
Population: 34,285 (
2002 Census);
The population of Nikolayevsk accounts for 47.1% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Volgograd Oblast