Khvorostyansky District (russian: Хворостя́нский райо́н) is an administrative
[Charter of Samara Oblast] and municipal
[Law #189-GD] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-seven in
Samara Oblast,
Russia
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. It is located in the west of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
rural locality (a ''
selo'') of
Khvorostyanka Khvorostyanka (russian: Хворостянка) is the name of several types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural localities in Russia:
*Khvorostyanka, Belgorod Oblast, a ''village#Russia, selo'' in Gubkinsky District of Belgorod Oblast
*Khvoros ...
.
Population: 16,302 (
2010 Census);
The population of Khvorostyanka accounts for 31.7% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Samara Oblast