Buzuluksky District
District in Orenburg Oblast, Russia
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Buzuluksky District (Russian: Бузулу́кский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the thirty-five in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,800 square kilometers (1,500 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Buzuluk[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[7] Population: 31,071 (2010 Census);[4] 33,113 (2002 census);[8] 30,374 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
Buzuluksky District
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Dry Ravine, Buzuluksky District | |
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 Location of Buzuluksky District in Orenburg Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 52°47′N 52°15′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Orenburg Oblast[1] |
| Established | 16 July 1928 |
| Administrative center | Buzuluk[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,800 km2 (1,500 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 31,071 |
| • Density | 8.2/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 29 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[2] | 83 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Buzuluksky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 28 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 53612000 |
| Website | http://bz.orb.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Buzuluksky District is one of the thirty-five in the oblast.[1] The town of Buzuluk 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 Buzuluksky Municipal District.[5] The Town of Buzuluk is incorporated separately from the district as Buzuluk Urban Okrug.[5]
Paleontology
In the Lower Triassic of Buzuluksky District fossils of temnospondyls and primitive reptiliomorphs were found. Extinct taxa of the Induan stage are Selenocara, Tupilakosaurus, Syrtosuchus and Axitectum.[10] Younger animals from the Lower Olenekian are Benthosuchus, Wetlugasaurus, Trematotegmen, Thoosuchus, Qantas, Angusaurus, Dromotectum, Selenocara, Prothoosuchus and probably Tupilakosaurus.[10]