Maryovsky District
human settlement in Leningrad Oblast, Russia
Maryovsky District (Russian: Марёвский район) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast and borders with Demyansky District in the north, Ostashkovsky and Penovsky Districts of Tver Oblast in the southeast, Andreapolsky District of Tver Oblast and Kholmsky District in the southwest, Poddorsky District in the west, and with Starorussky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 1,800 square kilometers (690 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Maryovo. District's population: 4,673 (2010 census); 5,711 (2002 Census); 6,835 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Maryovo accounts for 49.2% of the district's total population.
Geography
Almost all of the area of the district belongs to the basin of the Pola River and only minor areas in the western part of the district are in the basin of the Lovat. The district is located on the northern slope of the western part of the Valdai Hills, and the rivers mostly flow from south to north. The Pola crosses the district, and its biggest tributary within the district is the Maryovka River.
History
Maryovo (Maryova) was mentioned in a chronicle in 1495.
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