Shatursky District

Shatursky District Шатурский район (Russian)
Location of Shatursky District in Moscow Oblast (before July 2012)
Coordinates: 55°34′N 39°32′E / 55.567°N 39.533°E / 55.567; 39.533Coordinates: 55°34′N 39°32′E / 55.567°N 39.533°E / 55.567; 39.533
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Location
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Moscow Oblast
Administrative structure (as of January 2013)
Administrative center	town of Shatura
Administrative divisions:
Towns	1
Work settlements	2
Rural settlements	4
Inhabited localities:
Cities/towns	1
Urban-type settlements	2
Rural localities	184
Municipal structure (as of July 2010)
Municipally incorporated as	Shatursky Municipal District
Municipal divisions:
Urban settlements	3
Rural settlements	4
Statistics
Area (municipal district) (July 2010)	2,640.15 km2 (1,019.37 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census)	72,087 inhabitants
• Urban	54.9%
• Rural	45.1%
Density	27.3/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	MSK (UTC+03:00)
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Shatursky District (Russian: Шату́рский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,640.15 square kilometers (1,019.37 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Shatura. Population: 72,087 (2010 Census);70,967 (2002 Census);73,521 (1989 Census). The population of Shatura accounts for 45.6% of the district's total population.

Just like in all of the Meshchera Lowlands, the district contains many forests, rivers, lakes, and swamps. Its forests are mostly coniferous and pine, and occupy about 45% of the total territory of the district.

There are about forty-eight different lakes located within the district, including Svyatoye, Muromskoye, Velikoye, Karasevo, Spasskoye, Torbeyevskoye, Dolgoye, Glubokoye, and Dubovoye. There are also six different rivers that pass through its territory.

Fires occur often in the district during summer. The most memorable ones were in 1972 and 2002.

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