Surovikinsky District (Russian: Сурови́кинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Surovikinsky Municipal District.[5] It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,870 square kilometers (1,490 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Surovikino.[2] Population: 37,104 (2010 Russian census);[3] 38,956 (2002 Census);[7] 38,256 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Surovikino accounts for 55.3% of the district's total population.[3]
Surovikinsky District
Суровикинский район | |
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Coordinates: 48°36′N 42°51′E / 48.600°N 42.850°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Volgograd Oblast[1] |
Established | 1937 |
Administrative center | Surovikino[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 3,870 km2 (1,490 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 37,104 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 33,680 (−9.2%) |
• Density | 9.6/km2 (25/sq mi) |
• Urban | 55.3% |
• Rural | 44.7% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Towns of district significance, 13 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 43 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Surovikinsky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 1 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
OKTMO ID | 18653000 |
Website | http://www.surregion.ru |