Barabinsky District (russian: Бара́бинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #200-OZ district (

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), one of the

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. Its

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is the

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Barabinsk Barabinsk (russian: Бара́бинск) is a town in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, located in the Baraba steppe on the Trans-Siberian Railway between Omsk and Novosibirsk. Population: History It was founded at the end of the 19th century and was ...

(which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 14,169 ( 2010 Census);

Geography

The district is located in the western central part of the

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. The area of the district is . Lakes

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, Sartlan and

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lie in the district.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Barabinsky District is one of the

in the oblast. The town of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Barabinsky Municipal District, with the Town of Barabinsk being incorporated within it as Barabinsk Urban Settlement.

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* {{Use mdy dates, date=August 2012 Districts of Novosibirsk Oblast __NOTOC__