Starooskolsky District
District in Belgorod Oblast, Russia
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Starooskolsky District (Russian: Старооско́льский 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. The area of the district is 1,694 square kilometers (654 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the city of Stary Oskol[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 35,457 (2010 census);[4] 35,063 (2002 Census);[8] 35,266 (1989 Soviet census).[9]
Starooskolsky District
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 Location of Starooskolsky District in Belgorod Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 51.307°N 37.838°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Belgorod Oblast[1] |
| Established | 30 July 1928 |
| Administrative center | Stary Oskol[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,694 km2 (654 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 35,457 |
| • Density | 20.93/km2 (54.21/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[5] | 78 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Starooskolsky Urban Okrug[6] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [7]) |
| OKTMO ID | 14740000 |
| Website | https://belregion.ru/region/?ELEMENT_ID=266 |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Starooskolsky District is one of the twenty-one in the oblast.[1] The city of Stary Oskol 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 city of oblast significance of Stary Oskol are incorporated together as Starooskolsky Urban Okrug.[6]