Kuvandyksky District (Russian: Куванды́кский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-five in Orenburg Oblast, Russia.[1] The area of the district is 6,000 square kilometers (2,300 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Kuvandyk[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[8] Population: 19,545 (2010 Census);[4] 24,431 (2002 Census);[9] 27,710 (1989 Soviet census).[10]
Kuvandyksky District
Кувандыкский район | |
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Coordinates: 51°29′N 57°21′E / 51.483°N 57.350°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Orenburg Oblast[1] |
Established | 1935 |
Administrative center | Kuvandyk[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 6,000 km2 (2,000 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 19,545 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 40,705 (+108.3%) |
• Density | 3.3/km2 (8.4/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 18 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[2] | 79 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Kuvandyksky Urban Okrug[6] |
Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2 [7]) |
OKTMO ID | 53714000 |
Website | http://regionkuv.orb.ru |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kuvandyksky District is one of the thirty-five in the oblast.[1] The town of Kuvandyk serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the territory of the district and the territory of the Town of Kuvandyk are incorporated together as Kuvandyksky Urban Okrug.[6] Prior to May 1, 2015, the district was incorporated as Kuvandyksky Municipal District, with the Town of Kuvandyk being incorporated within it as Kuvandyk Urban Settlement.[11]