Pugachyovsky District
District in Saratov Oblast, Russia
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Pugachyovsky District (Russian: Пугачёвский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the thirty-eight in Saratov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,900.6 square kilometers (1,506.0 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Pugachyov[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[11] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 20,031.[4]
Pugachyovsky District
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Tulip steppe, a protected area of Russia in Pugachyovsky District | |
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 Location of Pugachyovsky District in Saratov Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 52°01′N 48°48′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Saratov Oblast[1] |
| Established | 23 July 1928 |
| Administrative center | Pugachyov[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,900.6 km2 (1,506.0 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 20,031 |
| • Density | 5.1354/km2 (13.301/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[2] | 63 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Pugachyovsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[6] | 1 urban settlements, 8 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (MSK+1 [7]) |
| OKTMO ID | 63637000 |
| Website | http://pugachev-adm.ru |
| 2010 Census | 20,031[4] |
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| 2002 Census | 23,574[8] |
| 1989 Census | 24,510[9] |
| 1979 Census | 25,455[10] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Pugachyovsky District is one of the thirty-eight in the oblast.[1] The town of Pugachyov serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a town under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts (and which, in addition to Khvalynsk, also includes one rural locality).[11]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Pugachyovsky Municipal District,[5] with Pugachyov Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction being incorporated within it as Pugachyov Urban Settlement.[6]