Surovikinsky District
District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia
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Surovikinsky District (Russian: Сурови́кинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Surovikinsky Municipal District.[4] It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,870 square kilometers (1,490 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Surovikino.[2] Population: 37,104 (2010 census);[3] 38,956 (2002 Census);[6] 38,256 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of Surovikino accounts for 55.3% of the district's total population.[3]
Surovikinsky District
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River's edge, Surovikinsky District | |
![]() Location of Surovikinsky District in Volgograd Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 48°36′N 42°51′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Volgograd Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1937 |
| Administrative center | Surovikino[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,870 km2 (1,490 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 37,104 |
| • Density | 9.59/km2 (24.8/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 55.3% |
| • Rural | 44.7% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Towns of district significance, 13 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 43 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Surovikinsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 1 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 18653000 |
| Website | http://www.surregion.ru |
