Monastyrschinsky rajon
Rajon
Monastyrschtschinski rajon
Монастырщинский район
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The Monastyrschtschinski rajon ( Russian Монастырщинский район ) is a Rajon in the Smolensk Oblast in Russia . It is located in the very southwest of the oblast. 11,000 inhabitants (2010) live in an area of 1514 km². The administrative center of the Rajons is Monastyrshchina , an urban-type settlement with about 3900 inhabitants (2010).
Neighboring Rajons are - clockwise from the northwest: Krasninski , Smolenski , Potschinkowski and Chislavichski . In the west the Monastyrschtschinski rajon borders on Belarus .