Administrative divisions of Rostov Oblast explained

Rostov Oblast, Russia
Administrative center: Rostov-on-Don
As of 2012:
of districts (районы)	43
of cities/towns (города)	23
of urban-type settlements (посёлки городского типа)	7
of selsovets (сельсоветы)	390
As of 2002:^[1]
of rural localities (сельские населённые пункты)	2,276
of uninhabited rural localities (сельские населённые пункты без населения)	23

Cities and towns under the oblast's jurisdiction (12):
- Rostov-on-Don (Ростов-на-Дону) (administrative center)
  - city districts:
    - Kirovsky (Кировский)
    - Leninsky (Ленинский)
    - Oktyabrsky (Октябрьский)
    - Pervomaysky (Первомайский)
    - Proletarsky (Пролетарский)
    - Sovetsky (Советский)
    - Voroshilovsky (Ворошиловский)
    - Zheleznodorozhny (Железнодорожный)
- Azov (Азов)
- Bataysk (Батайск)
- Donetsk (Донецк)
- Gukovo (Гуково)
- Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (Каменск-Шахтинский)
- Novocherkassk (Новочеркасск)
- Novoshakhtinsk (Новошахтинск)
- Shakhty (Шахты)
- Taganrog (Таганрог)
- Volgodonsk (Волгодонск)
- Zverevo (Зверево)
Districts (43):
- Aksaysky (Аксайский)
  - Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
    - Aksay (Аксай)
  - with 10 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Azovsky (Азовский)
  - with 18 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Bagayevsky (Багаевский)
  - with 5 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Belokalitvinsky (Белокалитвинский)
  - Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
    - Belaya Kalitva (Белая Калитва)
  - Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
    - Sholokhovsky (Шолоховский)
  - with 10 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Bokovsky (Боковский)
  - with 7 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Chertkovsky (Чертковский)
  - with 14 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Dubovsky (Дубовский)
  - with 13 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Kagalnitsky (Кагальницкий)
  - with 8 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Kamensky (Каменский)
  - Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
    - Gluboky (Глубокий)
  - with 11 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Kasharsky (Кашарский)
  - with 10 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Konstantinovsky (Константиновский)
  - Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
    - Konstantinovsk (Константиновск)
  - with 6 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Krasnosulinsky (Красносулинский)
  - Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
    - Krasny Sulin (Красный Сулин)
  - Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
    - Gorny (Горный)
    - Uglerodovsky (Углеродовский)
  - with 12 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Kuybyshevsky (Куйбышевский)
  - with 3 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Martynovsky (Мартыновский)
  - with 9 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Matveyevo-Kurgansky (Матвеево-Курганский)
  - with 8 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Millerovsky (Миллеровский)
  - Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
    - Millerovo (Миллерово)
  - with 12 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Milyutinsky (Милютинский)
  - with 7 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Morozovsky (Морозовский)
  - Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
    - Morozovsk (Морозовск)
  - with 8 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Myasnikovsky (Мясниковский)
  - with 7 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Neklinovsky (Неклиновский)
  - with 18 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Oblivsky (Обливский)
  - with 7 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Oktyabrsky (Октябрьский)
  - Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
    - Kamenolomni (Каменоломни)
  - with 11 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Orlovsky (Орловский)
  - with 11 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Peschanokopsky (Песчанокопский)
  - with 9 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Proletarsky (Пролетарский)
  - Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
    - Proletarsk (Пролетарск)
  - with 9 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Remontnensky (Ремонтненский)
  - with 10 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Rodionovo-Nesvetaysky (Родионово-Несветайский)
  - with 6 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Salsky (Сальский)
  - Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
    - Salsk (Сальск)
  - with 10 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Semikarakorsky (Семикаракорский)
  - Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
    - Semikarakorsk (Семикаракорск)
  - with 9 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Sholokhovsky (Шолоховский)
  - with 9 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Sovetsky (Советский)
  - with 3 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Tarasovsky (Тарасовский)
  - with 10 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Tatsinsky (Тацинский)
  - Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
    - Zhirnov (Жирнов)
  - with 10 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Tselinsky (Целинский)
  - with 9 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Tsimlyansky (Цимлянский)
  - Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
    - Tsimlyansk (Цимлянск)
  - with 6 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Ust-Donetsky (Усть-Донецкий)
  - Urban-type settlements under the district's jurisdiction:
    - Ust-Donetsky (Усть-Донецкий)
  - with 7 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Verkhnedonskoy (Верхнедонской)
  - with 10 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Vesyolovsky (Весёловский)
  - with 4 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Volgodonskoy (Волгодонской)
  - with 7 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Yegorlyksky (Егорлыкский)
  - with 9 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Zavetinsky (Заветинский)
  - with 9 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Zernogradsky (Зерноградский)
  - Towns under the district's jurisdiction:
    - Zernograd (Зерноград)
  - with 8 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.
- Zimovnikovsky (Зимовниковский)
  - with 11 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction.

Notes and References

Results of the 2002 Russian Population Census—Territory, number of districts, inhabited localities, and rural administrations of the Russian Federation by federal subject