Avtozavodsky District Автозаводский район (Russian) | |
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 Sotsgorod-IImicrodistrict | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Avtozavodsky District on the map of Nizhny Novgorod | |
| Coordinates:56°14′1.00″N43°49′18.98″E / 56.2336111°N 43.8219389°E /56.2336111; 43.8219389 | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| Established | 1932 |
| Administrative center | Nizhny Novgorod |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local government |
| • Head | Ivan Sogin |
| Area | |
• Total | 94 km2 (36 sq mi) |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | Sotsgorod, Striginourban-type settlements[2] |
Avtozavodsky City District (Russian:Автозаво́дский райо́н,lit. 'District of the Automobile Plant') orAvtozavod (Russian:Автозавод,lit. 'Autoplant') is one of the eight districts of thecity ofNizhny Novgorod,Russia. It is located in the southwest of the Lower City of Nizhny Novgorod, on the low left bank of theOka River and has a land border withLeninsky City District to the north. It is also connected by theMyza Bridge withPrioksky City District in theUpper City (the right bank of the Oka). Population:303,054 (2010 census);[3]314,494 (2002 census);[4]340,378 (1989 Soviet census).[5]
The district's land area is 94 square kilometers (36 sq mi).[citation needed]
The name of the district literally means "automotive plant district", as it grew around the production facilities of theGorky Automobile Plant, which were constructed in this area in 1930–1932. The administrative district was created in 1931 from the land that formerly had been part ofKanavinsky City District and the suburbanDzerzhinsky District. At the time, the district's population was around 30,000.
TheStrigino International Airport, four stations of theMetro and two stations of theCity Rail is located within Avtozavodsky City District.
56°14′01″N43°49′19″E / 56.2336°N 43.8219°E /56.2336; 43.8219
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