title: Sharangsky District
text: # Sharangsky District
  
  Sharangsky District (Russian: Шара́нгский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Sharangsky Municipal District. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,595.8 square kilometers (616.1 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Sharanga. Population: 12,450 (2010 Census); 13,743 (2002 Census); 14,985 (1989 Census). The population of Sharanga accounts for 52.7% of the district's total population.
  
  ## History
  
  The district was established in 1929.
  
  