Kineshemsky District
| Kineshemsky District Кинешемский район (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Kineshemsky District in Ivanovo Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 57°27′01″N 42°06′54″E / 57.45028°N 42.11500°ECoordinates: 57°27′01″N 42°06′54″E / 57.45028°N 42.11500°E | |
 Lake in Kineshemsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Ivanovo Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of October 2011) | |
| Administrative center | town of Kineshma |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Rural localities | 232 |
| Municipal structure (as of October 2008) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Kineshemsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 1 |
| Rural settlements | 6 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,583 km2 (611 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 23,258 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 43.9% |
| • Rural | 56.1% |
| Density | 14.69/km2 (38.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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Kineshemsky District (Russian: Ки́нешемский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,583 square kilometers (611 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kineshma (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 23,258 (2010 Census); 27,650 (2002 Census);30,805 (1989 Census).
Kineshemsky District is located in the northeast of Ivanovo Oblast, mostly on the right bank (south at this point) of the Volga River. About a fifth of the district is on the left (north) bank of the Volga, which runs west to east through the area. About 2/3 of the area is forested, and 1/3 is agricultural land on sandy and clay soils. Kineshemsky District is 90 km southeast of the city of Kostroma, and 400 km northeast of Moscow. The area measures 60 km (north-south), and 50 km (west-east); total area is 1,583 km2 (about 7% of Ivanovo Oblast). The administrative center, Kineshema, is on the south bank of the Volga, at the northwest entrance to the district.
The district is bordered on the north by Zavolzhsky District, on the east by Yuryevetsky District, on the south by Lukhsky District, and on the west by Vichugsky District.
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