En Name: | Melekessky District |
Ru Name: | Мелекесский район |
Image View: | Dubravka village 7468.JPG |
Coordinates: | 54.2333°N 84°W |
Image Coa: | Coat_of_arms_of_Melekessky_Raion.png |
Federal Subject: | Ulyanovsk Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | July 2012 |
Adm Ctr Type: | city |
Adm Ctr Name: | Dimitrovgrad |
Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type: | Settlement okrugs |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance: | 2 |
Selsoviet Type1: | Rural okrugs |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 6 |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 2 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 53 |
Mun Data As Of: | July 2012 |
Mun Formation1: | Melekessky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 2 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 6 |
Area Km2: | 3472.3 |
Pop 2010Census: | 36718 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 33.0% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 67.0% |
Website: | http://adm-melekess.ru/ |
Date: | March 2013 |
Melekessky District (Russian: Мелеке́сский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 3472.3km2.[3] Its administrative center is the city of Dimitrovgrad (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 36,718 (2010 Census);
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Melekessky District is one of the twenty-one in the oblast. The city of Dimitrovgrad serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Melekessky Municipal District. The city of oblast significance of Dimitrovgrad is incorporated separately from the district as Dimitrovgrad Urban Okrug.