Bakcharsky District (russian: Бакча́рский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #271-OZ] and municipal
[Law #194-OZ] district (
raion
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), one of the
sixteen in
Tomsk Oblast
Tomsk Oblast (russian: То́мская о́бласть, ''Tomskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It lies in the southeastern West Siberian Plain, in the southwest of the Siberian Federal District. Its administrative cen ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the south of the
oblast
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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 ''
selo'') of
Bakchar
Bakchar (russian: Бакчар) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Bakcharsky District, Tomsk Oblast, Russia
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.
Population: 13,419 (
2010 Census);
The population of Bakchar accounts for 45.7% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Tomsk Oblast