Arsky District
municipal district in Russia
Arsky District (Russian: А́рский райо́н; Tatar: Арча районы) – is a territorial administrative unit and municipal district of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. The district is located in the northern part of the republic. The administrative center is the city of Arsk.
The district has several natural monuments including the source of the Kazanka river, Yanga-Salinsky slope, the Korsin grey heron colony, Tukai-kyrlay forest, Ayu Urmany, Kazanka and Shoshma rivers.
Geography
The Arsk district is one of the largest districts by land area in the Republic of Tatarstan encompassing a total of 1,843.7 km2. Several highways connecting Kazan with the Kirov region, Udmurtia and Perm Oblast cross the district. The Arsky District borders the Baltasinsky, Sabinsky, Tyulyachinsky, Pestrechinsky, Vysokogorsky, and Atninsky districts of Tatarstan as well as the Republic of Mari El (Mari-Tureksky District and Morkinsky District).
The general topography of the region is a hilly plain (height 170–266 m), dissected by the valleys of the Kazanka rivers (and its tributaries the Atynka, Verezinka, Oya and Kismes), Ashit, and Shoshma. Forests cover about 12% of the land area of the district.
The administrative center of the district is located 60 km from the capital of the republic in Kazan.
The public source identifies “Arsky District” as municipal district in Russia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Arsky, District and municipal.
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