Vorotynsky District
municipal district in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Vorotynsky District (Russian: Вороты́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Vorotynsky Municipal District. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,935.8 square kilometers (747.4 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Vorotynets. Population: 19,411 (2010 Census); 21,844 (2002 census); 26,230 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Vorotynets accounts for 33.2% of the district's total population.
History
The district was established in 1929.
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Государственно-правовой департамент Нижегородской области. Приказ №3-од от 27 января 2016 г.
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