Pokhvistnevsky District Explained

En Name:Pokhvistnevsky District
Ru Name:Похвистневский район
Image View:Отголосок осени.jpg
Coordinates:53.65°N 60°W
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Pokhvistnevo rayon (Samara oblast).png
Federal Subject:Samara Oblast
Adm Data As Of:2013
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Pokhvistnevo
No Of Rural Localities:79
Mun Data As Of:May 2014
Mun Formation1:Pokhvistnevsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:0
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:15
Area Km2:2130
Pop 2010Census:29027
Urban Pop 2010Census:0%
Rural Pop 2010Census:100%
Website:http://www.pohr.ru/
Date:December 2012

Pokhvistnevsky District (Russian: По́хвистневский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 2130km2.[3] Its administrative center is the town of Pokhvistnevo (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 29,027 (2010 Census);

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Pokhvistnevsky District is one of the twenty-seven in the oblast. The town of Pokhvistnevo 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 district is incorporated as Pokhvistnevsky Municipal District.[4] The town of oblast significance of Pokhvistnevo is incorporated separately from the district as Pokhvistnevo Urban Okrug.

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Notes and References

  1. Charter of Samara Oblast
  2. Law #189-GD
  3. Web site: General Information. Pokhvistnevsky District. russian. January 20, 2017.
  4. Law #40-GD