Gafuriysky District Explained

En Name:Gafuriysky District
Ru Name:Гафурийский район
Loc Name1:Ғафури районы
Loc Lang1:Bashkir
Image View:View of rock Mambet.jpg
Coordinates:53.9°N 84°W
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Gafuri rayon (Bashkortostan).png
Federal Subject:Republic of Bashkortostan
Adm Data As Of:February 2013
Adm Ctr Type:selo
Adm Ctr Name:Krasnousolsky
Selsoviet Type1:Selsoviets
No Of Selsoviets Type1:16
No Of Rural Localities:95
Mun Data As Of:July 2012
Mun Formation1:Gafuriysky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:0
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:16
Area Km2:3038.02
Pop 2010Census:33869
Urban Pop 2010Census:0%
Rural Pop 2010Census:100%
Established Date:1930
Prev Name1:Krasnousolsky District
Prev Name1 Date:1940
Website:https://gafury.bashkortostan.ru/
Date:December 2014
Population of Gafuriysky District
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:33,869
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:36,761
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:36,778
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:44,655

Gafuriysky District (Russian: Гафури́йский райо́н; Bashkir: Ғафури районы, Ğafuri 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 center of the republic and borders with Arkhangelsky District in the north, Beloretsky District in the east, Ishimbaysky District in the south, Sterlitamaksky District in the southwest, Aurgazinsky District in the west, and with Karmaskalinsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 3038.02km2.[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Krasnousolsky. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 33,869, with the population of Krasnousolsky accounting for 35.4% of that number.

History

The district was established in 1930 as Krasnousolsky District (Russian: Красноусольский район). It was given its present name in 1940. The poet Majit Gafuri, the Turkologist Jalil Keyekbaev and the historian Niyaz Mazhitov were born here.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gafuriysky District is one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The district is divided into sixteen selsoviets, comprising ninety-five rural localities.[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Gafuriysky Municipal District. Its sixteen selsoviets are incorporated as sixteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The selo of Krasnousolsky serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

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Notes and References

  1. Constitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64
  2. Law #126-z
  3. Official website of Gafuriysky District. Investment Passport of Gafuriysky Municipal District of the Republic of Bashkortostan
  4. Resolution #391