Blagoveshchensky District (russian: Благове́щенский райо́н; ba, Благовещен районы, translit=Blagoveşçen rayonı) 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 northern central part of the republic and borders with Karaidelsky District in the north,

Nurimanovsky District Nurimanovsky District (russian: Нурима́новский райо́н; ba, Нуриман районы, ''Nuriman rayonı'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z district ...

in the east, Ufimsky District in the south, Kushnarenkovsky District in the southwest, Birsky District in the west, and with Mishkinsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is .Official website of Blagoveshchensky District
About the District
Its

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is the

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of Blagoveshchensk (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 15,497.

Administrative and municipal status

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

. It is divided into fifteen

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-nine rural localities.Resolution #391 The town of Blagoveshchensk 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 Blagoveshchensky Municipal District, with the town of republic significance of Blagoveshchensk being incorporated within it as Blagoveshchensk Urban Settlement.Law #126-z Its fifteen selsoviets are incorporated as fifteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of BLagoveshchensk serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.

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