Melekessky District Explained

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);

Administrative and municipal status

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Law #126-ZO
  2. Law #043-ZO
  3. Web site: General Information. Melekessky District. russian. January 21, 2017.