Atkarsky District

Atkarsky District (russian: Атка́рский райо́н) is an administrativeCharter of Saratov Oblast and municipalLaw #78-ZSO district ( raion), one of the thirty-eight in Saratov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Atkarsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 16,550 ( 2010 Census);

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Atkarsky District is one of the thirty-eight in the oblast. The town of Atkarsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Atkarsky Municipal District, with Atkarsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction being incorporated within it as Atkarsk Urban Settlement.Law #99-ZSO

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Districts of Saratov Oblast
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