Blagoveshchensky District (russian: Благове́щенский райо́н; ba, Благовещен районы, translit=Blagoveşçen rayonı) is an administrative
[Constitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64] and municipal
[Law #126-z] district (
raion
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), one of the
fifty-four in the
Republic of Bashkortostan
The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Respublikahy; russian: Республика Башкортостан, Respublika Bashkortostan),; russian: Респу́блик ...
,
Russia
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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
administrative center
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is the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
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
Republic of Bashkortostan
The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Respublikahy; russian: Республика Башкортостан, Respublika Bashkortostan),; russian: Респу́блик ...
.
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
administrative center
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,
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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