Orshansky District (; , Oršanke kundem) is an administrativeLaw #22-Z and municipalLaw #15-Z district (raion), one of the fourteen in the Mari El Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Orshanka.Resolution #9 As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 15,139, with the population of Orshanka accounting for 43.5% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Orshansky District is one of the fourteen in the republic. It is divided into one urban-type settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (inhabited locality) of Orshanka) and three rural okrugs, all of which comprise seventy-two rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Orshansky Municipal District. Orshanka Urban-Type Settlement is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the three rural okrugs are incorporated into three rural settlements within the municipal district. The urban-type settlement of Orshanka serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.
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