Stavropolsky District
District in Samara Oblast, Russia
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Stavropolsky District (Russian: Ставропо́льский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,662 square kilometers (1,414 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the city of Tolyatti[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[8] Population: 54,181 (2010 Census);[4] 45,167 (2002 census);[9] 40,347 (1989 Soviet census).[10]
Stavropolsky District
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View from Strelna, Stavropolsky District | |
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 Location of Stavropolsky District in Samara Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 53°29′N 49°31′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Samara Oblast[1] |
| Established | 16 July 1928 |
| Administrative center | Tolyatti[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,662 km2 (1,414 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 54,181 |
| • Density | 14.80/km2 (38.32/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[2] | 51 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Stavropolsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[6] | 0 urban settlements, 24 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (MSK+1 [7]) |
| OKTMO ID | 36640000 |
| Website | http://stavr.samgd.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Stavropolsky District is one of the twenty-seven in the oblast.[1] The city of Tolyatti serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance[8]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Stavropolsky Municipal District.[5] The city of oblast significance of Tolyatti is incorporated separately from the district as Tolyatti Urban Okrug.[5]