Rostokino District

For other uses, see Rostokino.
Rostokino District
район Ростокино (Russian)

Location of Rostokino District in Moscow (pre-2012 map)
Coordinates: 55°50′N 37°39′E / 55.833°N 37.650°E / 55.833; 37.650Coordinates: 55°50′N 37°39′E / 55.833°N 37.650°E / 55.833; 37.650

A shopping center in Rostokino District
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Location
Country Russia
Federal subject federal city of Moscow[1]
Municipal structure (as of June 2013)
Municipally incorporated as Rostokino Municipal Okrug[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 37,505 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Official website
Population of Rostokino District
2010 Census 37,505[3]
2002 Census 35,134[5]

Rostokino District (Russian: райо́н Росто́кино) is an administrative district (raion), one of the seventeen in North-Eastern Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia.[1] It is located on both banks of the Yauza River and borders with Yaroslavsky District in the northeast, Sviblovo District in the northwest, and Ostankinsky District in the south. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 37,505.[3]

Etymology

The district takes its name from the village that stood in this area before being subsumed by Moscow, whose name in Old East Slavic literally means river split.

Municipal status

As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Rostokino Municipal Okrug.[2]

Miscellaneous

The main landmark is the 18th-century Rostokino Aqueduct. Gorky Film Studio is located in the district.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Law #13-47
  2. 1 2 Law #59
  3. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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