Sholokhovsky District
Шолоховский район
District
Vyoshenskaya, Don River embankment, Sholokhovsky District
Vyoshenskaya, Don River embankment, Sholokhovsky District
Flag of Sholokhovsky District
Flag
Coat of arms of Sholokhovsky District
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Sholokhovsky District in Rostov Oblast
Coordinates: 49°37′38″N 41°43′34″E / 49.62722°N 41.72611°E / 49.62722; 41.72611
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRostov Oblast[1]
Established1924Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerVyoshenskaya[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total2,536 km2 (979 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total27,294
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
25,598 (−6.2%)
 • Density11/km2 (28/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions9 Rural settlements
 • Inhabited localities[1]52 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asSholokhovsky Municipal District[5]
 • Municipal divisions[5]0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
OKTMO ID60659000
Websitehttp://veshki.donland.ru/

Sholokhovsky District (Russian: Шо́лоховский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,536 square kilometers (979 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Vyoshenskaya.[1] Population: 27,294 (2010 Census);[3] 29,629 (2002 Census);[7] 30,016 (1989 Census).[8] The population of Vyoshenskaya accounts for 33.9% of the district's total population.[3]

History

The district was called Vyoshensky (Вёшенский) until 1984, when it was renamed in honor of author Mikhail Sholokhov, a Nobel Prize-winner, who was from Vyoshenskaya and died earlier that year.[citation needed]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Law #340-ZS
  2. ^ a b "General Information" (in Russian). Sholokhovsky District. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Law #198-ZS
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  8. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

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