Frolovsky District
District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia
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Frolovsky District (Russian: Фро́ловский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Frolovsky Municipal District.[4] It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,210 square kilometers (1,240 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Frolovo[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 14,631 (2010 census);[3] 16,720 (2002 Census);[6] 15,807 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
Frolovsky District
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A sand mine in Frolovsky District | |
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 Location of Frolovsky District in Volgograd Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 49°46′N 43°39′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Volgograd Oblast[1] |
| Established | 12 July 1928 |
| Administrative center | Prigorodny[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,210 km2 (1,240 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 14,631 |
| • Density | 4.56/km2 (11.8/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 13 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 46 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Frolovsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 18656000 |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Frolovsky District is one of the thirty-three in the oblast.[1] The town of Frolovo serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Frolovsky Municipal District, with the administrative center in the settlement of Prigorodny.[4] The town of oblast significance of Frolovo is incorporated separately from the district as Frolovo Urban Okrug.[8]