Frolovsky District (Russian: Фро́ловский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Frolovsky Municipal District.[5] It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,210 square kilometers (1,240 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Frolovo[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 14,631 (2010 Russian census);[3] 16,720 (2002 Census);[7] 15,807 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Frolovsky District
Фроловский район | |
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Coordinates: 49°46′N 43°39′E / 49.767°N 43.650°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Volgograd Oblast[1] |
Established | 12 July 1928 |
Administrative center | Prigorodny[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 3,210 km2 (1,240 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 14,631 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 13,665 (−6.6%) |
• Density | 4.6/km2 (12/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 13 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities | 46 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Frolovsky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
OKTMO ID | 18656000 |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Frolovsky District is one of the thirty-three in the oblast.[1] The town of Frolovo serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Frolovsky Municipal District, with the administrative center in the settlement of Prigorodny.[5] The town of oblast significance of Frolovo is incorporated separately from the district as Frolovo Urban Okrug.[9]