Gubkinsky District
District in Belgorod Oblast, Russia
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Gubkinsky District (Russian: Гу́бкинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Russia.[1] It is located in the north of the oblast. Its administrative center is the town of Gubkin[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 33,561 (2010 census);[3] 33,974 (2002 Census);[6] 33,809 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
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Gubkinsky District
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Arkhangelsk Church, Arkhangelsk Village, Gubkinsky District | |
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 Location of Gubkinsky District in Belgorod Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 51.169°N 37.106°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Belgorod Oblast[1] |
| Established | January 12, 1965 |
| Administrative center | Gubkin[2] |
| Population | |
• Total | 33,561 |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 97 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Gubkinsky Urban Okrug[5] |
History
The district was established on January 12, 1965.[citation needed]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gubkinsky District is one of the twenty-one in the oblast.[1] The town of Gubkin 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 territory of the district and the territory of the town of oblast significance of Gubkin are incorporated together as Gubkinsky Urban Okrug.[5]