Akbulaksky District (russian: Акбула́кский райо́н; kk, Ақбұлақ ауданы, ), also known as Ak-Bulaksky District (), is an administrative
[Law #1370/276-IV-OZ] and municipal
[Law #2367/495-IV-OZ] district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
), one of the
thirty-five in
Orenburg Oblast
Orenburg Oblast (russian: Оренбургская область, ''Orenburgskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name ''Chkalov Oblast'' () ...
,
Russia
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
rural locality
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(a settlement) of
Akbulak.
Population: 25,606 (
2010 Census);
The population of Akbulak accounts for 54.4% of the total district's population.
Sagarchin Sagarchin is a border crossing point between Kazakhstan and Russia. It is located in the Akbulaksky District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia.
The functioning of the border crossing is affected by the actions of the Kazakhstan Customs, Kazakhstan Border ...
border checkpoint
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located in this district.
History
Between 1921 and 1932, the district was a part of the
Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (known as the
Kazak ASSR
The Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (russian: Казахская Автономная Социалистическая Советская Республика; kk, Qazaq Aptonom Sotsijalistik Sovettik Respublikasь), abbreviated as K ...
since 1925). In February 1932, it became a part of
Aktyubinsk Oblast and in the mid-1930s it was transferred to Chkalov Oblast (now Orenburg Oblast).
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Districts of Orenburg Oblast