Azovsky District
District in Rostov Oblast, Russia
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Azovsky District (Russian: Азо́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,862 square kilometers (1,105 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Azov (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 93,579 (2010 Census);[3] 92,568 (2002 census);[6] 83,393 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
Azovsky District
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Don River in Winter, Azovsky District | |
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 Location of Azovsky District in Rostov Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 47°06′N 39°25′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Rostov Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1924 |
| Administrative center | Azov[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,862 km2 (1,105 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 93,579 |
| • Density | 32.70/km2 (84.69/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 18 rural settlement |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 99 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Azovsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 18 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 60601000 |
| Website | http://www.rayon.azov-info.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Azovsky District is one of the forty-three in the oblast.[1] The town of Azov serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Azovsky Municipal District.[4] Azov Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.[8]