Azovsky District (Russian: Азо́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,862 square kilometers (1,105 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Azov (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 93,579 (2010 Census);[3] 92,568 (2002 Census);[7] 83,393 (1989 Census).[8]
Azovsky District
Азовский район | |
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Coordinates: 47°06′N 39°25′E / 47.100°N 39.417°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Rostov Oblast[1] |
Established | 1924 |
Administrative center | Azov[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,862 km2 (1,105 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 93,579 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 96,991 (+3.6%) |
• Density | 33/km2 (85/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 18 rural settlement |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 99 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Azovsky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 18 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
OKTMO ID | 60601000 |
Website | http://www.rayon.azov-info.ru/ |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Azovsky District is one of the forty-three in the oblast.[1] The town of Azov serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Azovsky Municipal District.[5] Azov Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.[9]