Katav-Ivanovsky District (russian: Ката́в-Ива́новский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (

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), one of the twenty-seven in

Chelyabinsk Oblast Chelyabinsk Oblast (russian: Челя́бинская о́бласть, ''Chelyabinskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia. Its administrative center is the city ...

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.Resolution #161 It is located in the west of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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of Katav-Ivanovsk. Population (excluding the administrative center): 17,739 ( 2002 Census);

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it has a status of a town with territorial district—a unit equal in status to administrative districts—the full name of which is The Town of Katav-Ivanovsk and Katav-Ivanovsky District (). As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Katav-Ivanovsky Municipal District.

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* {{Use mdy dates, date=December 2012 Districts of Chelyabinsk Oblast __NOTOC__