Starorussky District
Starorussky District
Старорусский район | |
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The Kamenka River in Starorussky District, a tributary of the Porusya | |
Location of Starorussky District in Novgorod Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 58°16′N 34°07′E / 58.267°N 34.117°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Novgorod Oblast |
| Established | October 1, 1927 |
| Administrative center | Staraya Russa |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,111 km2 (1,201 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 15,063 |
| • Density | 4.8/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 7 Settlements |
| • Inhabited localities | 287 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Starorussky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 49639000 |
| Website | http://www.admrussa.ru/ |
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Starorussky District (Russian: Старору́сский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast and borders with Parfinsky District in the east, Demyansky and Maryovsky Districts in the southeast, Poddorsky District in the southwest, Volotovsky District in the west, and with Shimsky District in the northwest. From the north, the district is limited by Lake Ilmen. The area of the district is 3,111 square kilometers (1,201 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Staraya Russa (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 15,063 (2010 Census); 16,214 (2002 Census); 18,505 (1989 Soviet census).