Baymaksky District (russian: Байма́кский райо́н; ba, Баймаҡ районы) is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z district (

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), one of the fifty-four in the

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. It is located in the southeast of the republic and borders with

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in the north,

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and the territory of the town of republic significance of

Sibay Sibay (russian: Сиба́й; ba, Сибай) is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the border between Europe and Asia, on the east slope of the Southern Urals, in the spurs of Irendyk, from Ufa, the capital of the r ...

in the east, Khaybullinsky District in the south, and with

Zilairsky District Zilairsky District (russian: Зилаи́рский райо́н; ba, Йылайыр районы) is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z district (raion), one of the fifty-four ...

in the south and west. The area of the district is .Official website of Baymaksky District
General Information About the District
Its

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is the

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Baymak Baymak (russian: Баймак; ba, Баймаҡ, ''Baymaq'') is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located in the upper streams of the Tanalyk River (Ural's basin) south of Ufa. Population: History It was founded in 1913; tow ...

(which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 40,862.

Geography

Main bodies of water in the district include the Sakmara,

Tanalyk The Tanalyk (russian: Таналык; ba, Таналыҡ, ''Tanalıq''), is a river in Bashkortostan and Orenburg Oblast in Russia, a right tributary of the Ural.Bolshaya Urtazymka River Bolshaya (Russian language for "big") may refer to: * Bolshaya, Arkhangelsk, a village * Bolshaya chistka, "Great Purge", the 1936–1938 Soviet purge * Bolshaya Izhora, an urban locality in the Lomonosovsky District of Leningrad Oblast * Bolshaya ...

s (with minor

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) as well as Lakes Talkas and Kultuban. Forests cover (or 24.4% of the total area) with reserves of of timber (with

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comprising of the reserves). Mineral reserves in the district include the

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, with one of the largest copper reserves in Russia. The district, being located in the

Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...

, feels the effects of the Asian continental air and has a mild climate.

History

The district was established on August 20, 1930.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Baymaksky District is one of the fifty-four in the

. It is divided into twenty-two

selsoviet Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selsovet; uk, сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council and for the area governed by such a cou ...

s, comprising ninety-one rural localities.Resolution #391 The town of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Baymaksky Municipal District, with the town of republic significance of Baymak being incorporated within it as Baymak Urban Settlement.Law #126-z Its twenty-two selsoviets are incorporated as twenty-two rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Baymak serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.

Towns and settlements

* 2nd Turkemenevo

References

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=October 2012 Districts of Bashkortostan States and territories established in 1930