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Fun fact 3 about Nizhny Novgorod

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Nizhny Novgorod is divided by the Oka River into the Upper City and the Lower City, which include eight administrative districts.

Nizhny Novgorod
Russia
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Nizhny Novgorod

Russia

Country
Russia
Population
1.3M
Coordinates
56.30, 43.94
253rd most populous city in the world

Nizhny Novgorod, colloquially shortened to Nizhny and from 1932 to 1990 known as Gorky, is both a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and the Volga Federal District in Russia.

From the “City layout and divisions” section

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