Sol-Iletsky District
District in Orenburg Oblast, Russia
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Sol-Iletsky District (Russian: Соль-Илецкий райо́н; Kazakh: Тұзтөбе ауданы, Tuztóbe aýdany) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-five in Orenburg Oblast, Russia.[1] It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 5,100 square kilometers (2,000 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Sol-Iletsk,[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[7] Population: 25,424 (2010 Census);[4] 28,425 (2002 census);[8] 52,939 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
Sol-Iletsky District
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Entry into Mikhailovka, Sol-Iletsky District | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Sol-Iletsky District in Orenburg Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 51°10′N 54°59′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Orenburg Oblast[1] |
| Administrative center | Sol-Iletsk[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,100 km2 (2,000 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 25,424 |
| • Density | 5.0/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 21 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[2] | 58 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Sol-Iletsky Urban Okrug[5] |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2  [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 53725000 |
| Website | http://www.soliletsk.ru |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sol-Iletsky District is one of the thirty-five in the oblast.[1] The town of Sol-Iletsk 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 territory of the district and the territory of the Town of Sol-Iletsk are incorporated together as Sol-Iletsky Urban Okrug.[5] Prior to May 1, 2015, the district was incorporated as Sol-Iletsky Municipal District, with the Town of Sol-Iletsk being incorporated within it as Sol-Iletsk Urban Settlement.[10]