Kasharsky District

Kasharsky District (Russian: Каша́рский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] 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 3,112 square kilometers (1,202 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a sloboda) of Kashary.^[1] Population: 25,355 (2010 Census);^[3] 27,424 (2002 Census);^[6] 29,712 (1989 Soviet census).^[7] The population of Kashary accounts for 25.8% of the district's total population.^[3]

Kasharsky District Кашарский район
District
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Location of Kasharsky District in Rostov Oblast
Coordinates: 49°02′25″N 41°00′09″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Rostov Oblast[1]
Established	1924
Administrative center	Kashary[1]
Area [2]
• Total	3,112 km2 (1,202 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	25,355
• Density	8.1/km2 (21/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	10 rural settlement
• Inhabited localities[1]	76 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Kasharsky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	60624000
Website	http://kashadm.donland.ru/

Notable residents

• Ivan Kapitanets (1928–2018), Fleet Admiral in the Soviet Navy