Shchyolkovsky District

Shchyolkovsky District (Щёлковский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 704.88 km2. Its administrative center is the city of Shchyolkovo. Population: 193,629 (2010 Census); The population of Shchyolkovo accounts for 57.0% of the district's total population.