Turkovsky District
District in Saratov Oblast, Russia
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Turkovsky District (Russian: Турковский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the thirty-eight in Saratov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,400 square kilometers (540 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Turki.[2] Population: 12,834 (2010 Census);[4] 15,852 (2002 census);[9] 18,409 (1989 Soviet census).[10] The population of Turki accounts for 47.7% of the district's total population.[4]
Turkovsky District
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Red Yar, Turkovsky District | |
![]() Location of Turkovsky District in Saratov Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 51°59′03″N 43°16′17″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Saratov Oblast[1] |
| Established | 23 July 1928 |
| Administrative center | Turki[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,400 km2 (540 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 12,834 |
| • Density | 9.2/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 47.7% |
| • Rural | 52.3% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[2] | 1 urban-type settlements[5], 49 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Turkovsky Municipal District[6] |
| • Municipal divisions[7] | 1 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (MSK+1 |
| OKTMO ID | 63647000 |
| Website | http://turki.sarmo.ru/ |
