Shakhovskoy District

Shakhovskoy District (Russian: Шаховско́й райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia.

It is located in the west of the oblast.

The area of the district is 1,218.88 square kilometers (470.61 sq mi).

[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Shakhovskaya.

[8] The population of Shakhovskaya accounts for 42.3% of the district's total population.