Volzhsky District, Samara Oblast
District in Samara Oblast, Russia
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Volzhsky District (Russian: Во́лжский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,481 square kilometers (958 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the city of Samara[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[9] Population: 83,377 (2010 Census);[4] 77,621 (2002 census);[10] 64,974 (1989 Soviet census).[11]
Volzhsky District
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Chyornovskoye Reservoir in Volzhsky District | |
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 Location of Volzhsky District in Samara Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 53°14′N 50°10′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Samara Oblast[1] |
| Established | 1937 |
| Administrative center | Samara[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,481 km2 (958 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 83,377 |
| • Density | 33.61/km2 (87.04/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 38.9% |
| • Rural | 61.1% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[2] | 4 urban-type settlements[5], 57 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Volzhsky Municipal District[6] |
| • Municipal divisions[7] | 3 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (MSK+1 [8]) |
| OKTMO ID | 36614000 |
| Website | http://v-adm63.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Volzhsky District is one of the twenty-seven in the oblast.[1] The city of Samara serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance[9]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Volzhsky Municipal District.[6] The city of oblast significance of Samara is incorporated separately from the district as Samara Urban Okrug.[6]