Novorzhevsky District
| Novorzhevsky District Новоржевский район (Russian) |
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.svg) Location of Novorzhevsky District in Pskov Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 57°02′N 29°20′E / 57.033°N 29.333°ECoordinates: 57°02′N 29°20′E / 57.033°N 29.333°E | |
 Park in Altun, Novorzhevsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Pskov Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of April 2011) | |
| Administrative center | town of Novorzhev |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Cities/towns | 1 |
| Rural localities | 437 |
| Municipal structure (as of April 2011) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Novorzhevsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 1 |
| Rural settlements | 8 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,683 km2 (650 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 9,334 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 39.6% |
| • Rural | 60.4% |
| Density | 5.55/km2 (14.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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Novorzhevsky District (Russian: Новорже́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Porkhovsky District in the north, Dedovichsky District in the northeast, Bezhanitsky District in the east, Opochetsky District in the south, Pushkinogorsky District in the west, and with Ostrovsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 1,683 square kilometers (650 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Novorzhev. Population: 9,334 (2010 Census); 12,217 (2002 Census);15,477 (1989 Census). The population of Novorzhev accounts for 39.6% of the district's total population.
The district lies in the basin of the Velikaya River and thus of the Narva River. The rivers in the northern and the central parts of the district drain into the Sorot River, a right tributary of the Velikaya, and into its main tributary, the Lsta River. Some areas in the south of the district belong to the basin of the Shest River, and some areas in the northern part belong to the basin of the Cheryokha River; the Shest and the Cheryokha are two other right tributaries of the Velikaya. There are over a hundred lakes in the district.
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