Mazanovsky District
administrative and municipal district in Russia
Mazanovsky District (Russian: Маза́новский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 28,316 square kilometers (10,933 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Novokiyevsky Uval. Population: 14,803 (2010 census); 16,028 (2002 Census); 20,393 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Novokiyevsky Uval accounts for 29.2% of the district's total population.
Geography
River Selemdzha and its tributaries Ulma and Orlovka flow across the district.
Villages and settlements
Abaykan
References
Notes
Sources
Амурский областной Совет народных депутатов. Закон №127-ОЗ от 23 декабря 2005 г. «О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Амурской области», в ред. Закона №272-ОЗ от 11 ноября 2013 г.
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