Mikhaylovsky District, Volgograd Oblast Explained

En Name:Mikhaylovsky District
Ru Name:Михайловский район
Image View:Mikhaylovsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia - panoramio (3).jpg
Coordinates:50.0667°N 58°W
Image Coa:Coat of arms of Mikhaylovsky district.jpeg
Federal Subject:Volgograd Oblast
Adm Data As Of:2011
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Mikhaylovka
Selsoviet Type1:selsoviet
No Of Selsoviets Type1:15
No Of Rural Localities:54
Mun Data As Of:June 2012
Mun Formation1:Mikhaylovka Urban Okrug
Area Km2:3660
Pop 2010Census:25936
Urban Pop 2010Census:0%
Rural Pop 2010Census:100%
Website:http://mihadmin.ru/
Commonscat:Mikhaylovsky district
Date:August 2011

Mikhaylovsky District (Russian: Миха́йловский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is a part of Mikhaylovka Urban Okrug.[2] It is located in the northwestern central part of the oblast. The area of the district is 3660km2.[3] Its administrative center is the town of Mikhaylovka (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 25,978 (2002 Census);

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mikhaylovsky District is one of the thirty-three in the oblast. The town of Mikhaylovka serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the territory of the administrative district and the territory of the town of oblast significance of Mikhaylovka are incorporated together as Mikhaylovka Urban Okrug. The district used to be incorporated as Mikhaylovsky Municipal District, but effective July 10, 2012, the municipal district was merged into Mikhaylovka Urban Okrug and abolished.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Law #139-OD
  2. Law #1033-OD
  3. Web site: General Information. Mikhaylovsky District. russian. May 15, 2018.
  4. Law #65-OD