Sterlitamaksky District

District in Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sterlitamaksky District (Russian: Стерлитама́кский райо́н; Bashkir: Стәрлетамаҡ районы, Stärletamaq rayonı) is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion), one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic and borders with Aurgazinsky District in the north, Gafuriysky District in the northeast, Ishimbaysky District in the east and southeast, Meleuzovsky District in the south, Sterlibashevsky District in the southwest, Miyakinsky District in the west, and with Alsheyevsky District in the west and northwest. The area of the district is 2,216 square kilometers (856 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the city of Sterlitamak[3] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[6] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 40,325.[4]

BashkirСтәрлетамаҡ районы
CountryRussia
EstablishedAugust 20, 1930[2]
Quick facts Стерлитамакский район (Russian), Other transcription(s) ...
Sterlitamaksky District
Стерлитамакский район (Russian)
Other transcription(s)
  BashkirСтәрлетамаҡ районы
Mosque "Sufi", Sterlitamaksky District
Mosque "Sufi", Sterlitamaksky District
Flag of Sterlitamaksky District
Coat of arms of Sterlitamaksky District
Location of Sterlitamaksky District in the Republic of Bashkortostan
Coordinates: 53°38′N 55°57′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Bashkortostan[1]
EstablishedAugust 20, 1930[2]
Administrative centerSterlitamak[3]
Area
  Total
2,216 km2 (856 sq mi)
Population
  Total
40,325
  Estimate 
(2018)[5]
42,979 (+6.6%)
  Density18.20/km2 (47.13/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions20 Selsoviets
  Inhabited localities[6]111 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asSterlitamaksky Municipal District[7]
  Municipal divisions[7]0 urban settlements, 20 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 Edit this on Wikidata[8])
OKTMO ID80649000
Websitehttp://str-raion.ru
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Population of Sterlitamaksky District
2010 Census40,325[4]
2002 Census37,699[9]
1989 Census33,461[10]
1979 Census32,539[11]
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History

The district was established on August 20, 1930.[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sterlitamaksky District is one of the fifty-four in the republic.[1] It is divided into 20 selsoviets, comprising 111 rural localities.[6] The city of Sterlitamak serves as its administrative center,[3] despite being incorporated separately as a city of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[6]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sterlitamaksky Municipal District.[7] Its twenty selsoviets are incorporated as twenty rural settlements within the municipal district.[7] The city of republic significance of Sterlitamak is incorporated separately from the district as Sterlitamak Urban Okrug, but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.[7]

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