Volzhsky District (Russian: Во́лжский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,481 square kilometers (958 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the city of Samara[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[10] Population: 83,377 (2010 Census);[4] 77,621 (2002 Census);[11] 64,974 (1989 Soviet census).[12]
Volzhsky District
Волжский район | |
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Coordinates: 53°14′N 50°10′E / 53.233°N 50.167°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Samara Oblast[1] |
Established | 1937 |
Administrative center | Samara[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,481 km2 (958 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 83,377 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 99,500 (+19.3%) |
• Density | 34/km2 (87/sq mi) |
• Urban | 38.9% |
• Rural | 61.1% |
Administrative structure | |
• Inhabited localities[2] | 4 Urban-type settlements[6], 57 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Volzhsky Municipal District[7] |
• Municipal divisions[8] | 3 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+4 (MSK+1 [9]) |
OKTMO ID | 36614000 |
Website | http://v-adm63.ru/ |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Volzhsky District is one of the twenty-seven in the oblast.[1] The city of Samara serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance[10]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Volzhsky Municipal District.[7] The city of oblast significance of Samara is incorporated separately from the district as Samara Urban Okrug.[7]