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);
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.