Sredneakhtubinsky District (Russian: Среднеахту́бинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Sredneakhtubinsky Municipal District.[7] It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,039 square kilometers (787 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Srednyaya Akhtuba.[2] Population: 58,962 (2010 Census);[4] 55,341 (2002 Census);[9] 48,555 (1989 Census).[10] The population of Srednyaya Akhtuba accounts for 24.5% of the district's total population.[4]
Sredneakhtubinsky District
Среднеахтубинский район | |
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Coordinates: 48°43′N 44°52′E / 48.717°N 44.867°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Volgograd Oblast[1] |
Established | 23 June 1928 |
Administrative center | Srednyaya Akhtuba[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,039 km2 (787 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 58,962 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 60,956 (+3.4%) |
• Density | 29/km2 (75/sq mi) |
• Urban | 51.6% |
• Rural | 48.4% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Towns of district significance, 1 Urban-type settlements, 9 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 1 Urban-type settlements[6], 59 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Sredneakhtubinsky Municipal District[7] |
• Municipal divisions[7] | 2 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [8]) |
OKTMO ID | 18651000 |
Website | volganet.ru |
As an administrative division, the district is divided into one town of district significance (Krasnoslobodsk), one urban-type settlement (Srednyaya Akhtuba), and nine selsoviets.[2] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sredneakhtubinsky Municipal District and is divided into two urban and ten rural settlements.[7] Until April 2012, the municipal district included all of the inhabited localities of the administrative district, with the exception of one rural locality (the settlement of Uralsky), which was municipally a part of Volzhsky Urban Okrug.[7] In April 2012, the settlement of Uralsky was merged into the city of Volzhsky.[11]