Buzuluksky District Explained

En Name:Buzuluksky District
Ru Name:Бузулукский район
Image View:Сух. Коралл 1.JPG
Coordinates:52.7833°N 67°W
Federal Subject:Orenburg Oblast
Adm Data As Of:December 2011
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Buzuluk
Selsoviet Type1:Selsoviets
No Of Selsoviets Type1:29
No Of Rural Localities:83
Mun Data As Of:August 2013
Mun Formation1:Buzuluksky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:0
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:28
Area Km2:3800
Pop 2010Census:31071
Urban Pop 2010Census:0%
Rural Pop 2010Census:100%
Website:http://bz.orb.ru/
Date:September 2012

Buzuluksky District (Russian: Бузулу́кский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the thirty-five in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 3800km2.[3] Its administrative center is the town of Buzuluk (which is not administratively a part of the district).[4] Population: 31,071 (2010 Census);

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Buzuluksky District is one of the thirty-five in the oblast. The town of Buzuluk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Buzuluksky Municipal District. The Town of Buzuluk is incorporated separately from the district as Buzuluk Urban Okrug.

Paleontology

In the Lower Triassic of Buzuluksky District fossils of temnospondyls and primitive reptiliomorphs were found. Extinct taxa of the Induan stage are Selenocara, Tupilakosaurus, Syrtosuchus and Axitectum. Younger animals from the Lower Olenekian are Benthosuchus, Wetlugasaurus, Trematotegmen, Thoosuchus, Qantas, Angusaurus, Dromotectum, Selenocara, Prothoosuchus and probably Tupilakosaurus.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Law #1370/276-IV-OZ
  2. Law #2367/495-IV-OZ
  3. Web site: General Information. Buzuluksky District. russian. August 31, 2016.
  4. Resolution #4-p
  5. Book: Novikov A.V.. 2018. Early Triassic amphibians of Eastern Europe: evolution of dominant groups and peculiarities of changing communities. Moscow: RAS. 44-334. ru. 978-5-906906-71-7. Web site: Archive copy . 2023-08-12 .