Monastyrshchinsky District
| Monastyrshchinsky District Монастырщинский район (Russian) |
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 Location of Monastyrshchinsky District in Smolensk Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 54°21′N 31°50′E / 54.350°N 31.833°ECoordinates: 54°21′N 31°50′E / 54.350°N 31.833°E | |
 An oak tree that is over four hundred years old, a protected area of Russia in the village of Sobolevo in Monastyrshchinsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Smolensk Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of June 2014) | |
| Administrative center | settlement of Monastyrshchina |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 1 |
| Rural settlements | 9 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Urban-type settlements | 1 |
| Rural localities | 202 |
| Municipal structure (as of June 2015) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Monastyrshchinsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 1 |
| Rural settlements | 6 |
| Statistics | |
| Area (administrative district) (June 2014) | 1,513.75 km2 (584.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 10,788 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 37.7% |
| • Rural | 62.3% |
| Density | 7.13/km2 (18.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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Monastyrshchinsky District (Russian: Монасты́рщинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast and borders with Smolensky District in the north, Pochinkovsky District in the east, Khislavichsky District in the south, Mstsislaw District of Mogilev Region of Belarus in the west, and with Krasninsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 1,513.75 square kilometers (584.46 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a settlement) of Monastyrshchina. Population: 10,788 (2010 Census);13,876 (2002 Census);17,559 (1989 Census). The population of Monastyrshchino accounts for 37.7% of the district's total population.
The whole area of the district belongs to the drainage basin of the Sozh River, a tributary of the Dnieper. The principal river of the district, the Vikhra River, a right tributary of the Sozh, crosses the district from northeast to southwest and then crosses into Belarus. The settlement of Monastyrshchina is located on the left bank of the Vikhra. The rivers in the northern, central, and western parts of the district flow into the Vikhra, whereas those in the eastern and the southern parts belong to the drainage basins of other right tributaries of the Sozh.
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