Kamyshinsky District
District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia
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Kamyshinsky District (Russian: Камы́шинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kamyshinsky Municipal District.[5] It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,563 square kilometers (1,376 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the city of Kamyshin[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 42,893 (2010 census);[4] 45,019 (2002 Census);[7] 37,276 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Kamyshinsky District
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Kamyshinskiye Ushi, a natural monument in Kamyshinsky District | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kamyshinsky District in Volgograd Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 50°04′N 45°24′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Volgograd Oblast[1] |
| Established | 23 June 1928 |
| Administrative center | Kamyshin[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,563 km2 (1,376 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 42,893 |
| • Density | 12.04/km2 (31.18/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 30.9% |
| • Rural | 69.1% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Towns of district significance, 20 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 47 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Kamyshinsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 1 urban settlements, 18 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 18618000 |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kamyshinsky District is one of the thirty-three in the oblast.[1] The city of Kamyshin 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 Kamyshinsky Municipal District.[5] The city of oblast significance of Kamyshin is incorporated separately from the district as Kamyshin Urban Okrug.[9]