Oktyabrsky District (Russian: Октя́брьский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Oktyabrsky Municipal District.[6] It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,740 square kilometers (1,440 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Oktyabrsky.[2] Population: 21,760 (2010 Russian census);[3] 24,348 (2002 Census);[8] 25,315 (1989 Soviet census).[9] The population of the administrative center accounts for 28.3% of the district's total population.[3]
Oktyabrsky District
Октябрьский район | |
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Coordinates: 47°58′00″N 43°38′37″E / 47.96667°N 43.64361°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Volgograd Oblast[1] |
Established | 1937 |
Administrative center | Oktyabrsky[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 3,740 km2 (1,440 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 21,760 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 20,137 (−7.5%) |
• Density | 5.8/km2 (15/sq mi) |
• Urban | 28.3% |
• Rural | 71.7% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements, 15 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities | 1 Urban-type settlements[5], 30 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Oktyabrsky Municipal District[6] |
• Municipal divisions[6] | 1 urban settlements, 15 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [7]) |
OKTMO ID | 18642000 |
The district is located south of the oblast, in the area of the Yergeni hills.[10]