Akbulaksky District (Russian: Акбула́кский райо́н; Kazakh: Ақбұлақ ауданы, Aqbulaq aýdany), also known as Ak-Bulaksky District (Ак-Булакский район), is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the thirty-five in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 5,000 square kilometers (1,900 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Akbulak.[2] Population: 25,606 (2010 Census);[4] 30,723 (2002 Census);[8] 29,683 (1989 Soviet census).[9] The population of Akbulak accounts for 54.4% of the total district's population.[4]
Akbulaksky District
Акбулакский район | |
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Coordinates: 51°00′21″N 55°37′10″E / 51.00583°N 55.61944°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Orenburg Oblast[1] |
Administrative center | Akbulak[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 5,000 km2 (2,000 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 25,606 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 24,790 (−3.2%) |
• Density | 5.1/km2 (13/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 17 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[2] | 47 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Akbulaksky Municipal District[6] |
• Municipal divisions[6] | 0 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 [7]) |
OKTMO ID | 53605000 |
Website | http://mo-ak.orb.ru/ |
Sagarchin border checkpoint located in this district.
Between 1921 and 1932, the district was a part of the Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (known as the Kazak ASSR since 1925). In February 1932, it became a part of Aktyubinsk Oblast and in the mid-1930s it was transferred to Chkalov Oblast (now Orenburg Oblast).