Buguruslansky District
District in Orenburg Oblast, Russia
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Buguruslansky District (Russian: Бугурусла́нский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the thirty-five in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,834 square kilometers (1,094 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Buguruslan[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[7] Population: 19,680 (2010 Census);[4] 23,523 (2002 census);[8] 23,172 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
Buguruslansky District
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 Location of Buguruslansky District in Orenburg Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 53°37′N 52°25′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Orenburg Oblast[1] |
| Established | 16 July 1928 |
| Administrative center | Buguruslan[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,834 km2 (1,094 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 19,680 |
| • Density | 6.944/km2 (17.99/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 15 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[2] | 80 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Buguruslansky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 14 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 53611000 |
| Website | http://bugr.orb.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Buguruslansky District is one of the thirty-five in the oblast.[1] The town of Buguruslan serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Buguruslansky Municipal District.[5] The Town of Buguruslan is incorporated separately from the district as Buguruslan Urban Okrug.[5]