Orshansky District

For the district in Belarus, see Orsha Raion.

Orshansky District (Russian: Орша́нский райо́н; Meadow Mari: Оршанке кундем, Oršanke kundem) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[6] district (raion), one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is 897 square kilometers (346 sq mi).^[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Orshanka.^[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 15,139, with the population of Orshanka accounting for 43.5% of that number.^[4]

Orshansky District Оршанский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Meadow Mari	Оршанке кундем
Lake Tabashinskoye, a protected area of Russia in Orshansky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Orshansky District in the Mari El Republic
Coordinates: 55.895°N 48.033°E / 55.895; 48.033
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Mari El Republic[1]
Established	28 August 1924
Administrative center	Orshanka[2]
Area [3]
• Total	897 km2 (346 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	15,139
• Density	17/km2 (44/sq mi)
• Urban	43.5%
• Rural	56.5%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Urban-type settlements, 3 Rural okrugs
• Inhabited localities[2]	1 urban-type settlements[5], 72 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Orshansky Municipal District[6]
• Municipal divisions[6]	1 urban settlements, 3 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [7])
OKTMO ID	88640000
Website	http://portal.mari.ru/orshanka/default.aspx

Population of Orshansky District

2010 Census	15,139[4]
2002 Census	15,832[8]
1989 Census	16,282[9]
1979 Census	15,523[10]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Orshansky District is one of the fourteen in the republic.^[1] It is divided into one urban-type settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Orshanka) and three rural okrugs, all of which comprise seventy-two rural localities.^[2] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Orshansky Municipal District.^[6] Orshanka Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the three rural okrugs are incorporated into three rural settlements within the municipal district.^[6] The urban-type settlement of Orshanka serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[2] and municipal^[11] district.