Sholokhovsky District
| Sholokhovsky District Шолоховский район (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Sholokhovsky District in Rostov Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 49°37′38″N 41°43′34″E / 49.62722°N 41.72611°ECoordinates: 49°37′38″N 41°43′34″E / 49.62722°N 41.72611°E | |
 Vyoshenskaya, Don River embankment, Sholokhovsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Rostov Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of July 2012) | |
| Administrative center | stanitsa of Vyoshenskaya |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| Rural settlements | 9 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Rural localities | 52 |
| Municipal structure (as of November 2004) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Sholokhovsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 0 |
| Rural settlements | 9 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,527 km2 (976 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 27,294 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Density | 10.8/km2 (28/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Previous names | Vyoshensky District (until 1984) |
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Sholokhovsky District (Russian: Шо́лоховский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,527 square kilometers (976 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Vyoshenskaya. Population: 27,294 (2010 Census);29,629 (2002 Census);30,016 (1989 Census). The population of Vyoshenskaya accounts for 33.9% of the district's total population.
The district was called Vyoshensky (Вёшенский) until 1984, when it was renamed in honor of author Mikhail Sholokhov, a Nobel Prize-winner, who was from Vyoshenskaya and died earlier that year.
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