Blagoveshchensky District, Bashkortostan Explained

En Name:Blagoveshchensky District
Ru Name:Благовещенский район
Loc Name1:Благовещен районы
Loc Lang1:Bashkir
Image View:Udelno-Duvanei.jpg
Coordinates:55.0333°N 114°W
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Blagoveschensk rayon (Bashkortostan).png
Federal Subject:Republic of Bashkortostan
Adm Data As Of:February 2013
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Blagoveshchensk
Selsoviet Type1:Selsoviets
No Of Selsoviets Type1:15
No Of Rural Localities:99
Mun Data As Of:July 2012
Mun Formation1:Blagoveshchensky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:1
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:15
Area Of What:municipal district
Area Km2:2250
Pop 2010Census:15497
Urban Pop 2010Census:0
Rural Pop 2010Census:100%
Website:http://www.adm-blagrb.ru
Date:December 2014
Population of Blagoveshchensky District
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:15,497
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:15,861
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:46,596
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:43,763

Blagoveshchensky District (Russian: Благове́щенский райо́н; Bashkir: Благовещен районы|translit=Blagoveşçen rayonı) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located in the northern central part of the republic and borders with Karaidelsky District in the north, Nurimanovsky District in the east, Ufimsky District in the south, Kushnarenkovsky District in the southwest, Birsky District in the west, and with Mishkinsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 2250km2.[3] Its administrative center is the town of Blagoveshchensk (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 15,497.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Blagoveshchensky District is one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan. It is divided into fifteen selsoviets, comprising ninety-nine rural localities.[4] The town of Blagoveshchensk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Blagoveshchensky Municipal District, with the town of republic significance of Blagoveshchensk being incorporated within it as Blagoveshchensk Urban Settlement.[5] Its fifteen selsoviets are incorporated as fifteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of BLagoveshchensk serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.

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Notes and References

  1. Constitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64
  2. Law #126-z
  3. Official website of Blagoveshchensky District. About the District
  4. Resolution #391
  5. Law #126-z