Buguruslansky District (russian: Бугурусла́нский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #1370/276-IV-OZ] and municipal
[Law #2367/495-IV-OZ] district (
raion
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), one of the
thirty-five in
Orenburg Oblast
Orenburg Oblast (russian: Оренбургская область, ''Orenburgskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name ''Chkalov Oblast'' () ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the northwest of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
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
Buguruslan
Buguruslan (russian: Бугурусла́н) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. Population:
History
It was founded in 1748.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the subdivisions of Russia#Admin ...
(which is not administratively a part of the district).
[Resolution #4-p] Population: 19,680 (
2010 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Buguruslansky District is one of the
thirty-five in the oblast.
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
Buguruslan
Buguruslan (russian: Бугурусла́н) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. Population:
History
It was founded in 1748.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the subdivisions of Russia#Admin ...
serves as its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
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,
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 Buguruslansky Municipal District.
The Town of Buguruslan is incorporated separately from the district as Buguruslan Urban Okrug.
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Districts of Orenburg Oblast
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