Orshanskiĭ raĭon (Russia)

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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
מחוז אורשנסק (רוסיה)
Name (Latin)
Orshanskiĭ raĭon (Russia)
Other forms of name
Orshanskiy rayon (Russia)
Coordinates
47.91667 47.91667 56.91667 56.91667 (gooearth )
E0475500 E0475500 N0565500 N0565500 (geonames )
Associated country
Russia (Federation)
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 137377076
Wikidata: Q2626782
Library of congress: n 97046704
Sources of Information
  • Kniga pami︠a︡ti, 1995:t.p. (Orshanskiĭ raĭon) map on lining papers (located north of Ĭoshkar-Ola, in Mari El)
  • NIS gaz. of Sov. Union, 1970(lists 2 rayons named Orshanskiy, one in Mari El, at 56p0s55ʹN, 30p0s20ʹE, the other one in Belarus)
Wikipedia description:

Orshansky District (Russian: Орша́нский райо́н; Meadow Mari: Оршанке кундем, Oršanke kundem) is an administrative and municipal 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). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Orshanka. 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.

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