Volotovsky District
| Volotovsky District Волотовский район (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Volotovsky District in Novgorod Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 57°56′N 30°42′E / 57.933°N 30.700°ECoordinates: 57°56′N 30°42′E / 57.933°N 30.700°E | |
 Hospital in Volot, Volotovsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Novgorod Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of April 2012) | |
| Administrative center | settlement of rural type of Volot |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| settlement | 3 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Rural localities | 110 |
| Municipal structure (as of March 2010) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Volotovsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 0 |
| Rural settlements | 3 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 995 km2 (384 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 5,493 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Density | 5.52/km2 (14.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Established | October 1, 1927 (first), November 3, 1965 (second) |
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Volotovsky District (Russian: Волото́вский 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 Shimsky District in the north, Starorussky District in the east, Poddorsky District in the south, Dedovichsky District of Pskov Oblast in the southwest, Dnovsky District of Pskov Oblast in the west, and with Soletsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 995 square kilometers (384 sq mi), which makes it the smallest district in the oblast.= Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Volot. District's population: 5,493 (2010 Census); 6,106 (2002 Census);7,058 (1989 Census). The population of Volot accounts for 40.7% of the district's total population.
The district is located at the Ilmen Depression, southwest of Lake Ilmen. It belongs to the basin of Lake Ilmen, with the rivers in the north draining directly into the lake (the biggest such rivers are the Psizha, the Perekhoda, and the Chernets). The rivers in the southeastern part of the district drain into the Polist River, with the Snezha River being its biggest tributary within the district. The northern part of the district lies in the basin of the Shelon River. Lake Dolzhino in the south is the biggest lake in the district and belongs to the basin of the Perekhoda.
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