Kugarchinsky District (russian: Кугарчи́нский райо́н; ba, Күгәрсен районы, Kügärsen 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 southwest of the republic and borders Meleuzovsky District in the north,

Burzyansky District Burzyansky District (russian: Бурзя́нский райо́н; ba, Бөрйән районы) is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z district (raion), one of the fifty-four ...

in the northeast,

Zilairsky District Zilairsky District (russian: Зилаи́рский райо́н; ba, Йылайыр районы) is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z district (raion), one of the fifty-four ...

in the east,

Zianchurinsky District Zianchurinsky District (russian: Зианчу́ринский райо́н; ba, Ейәнсура районы, ''Yeyänsura rayonı'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z dist ...

in the south,

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'' () ...

in the southwest, and

Kuyurgazinsky District Kuyurgazinsky District (russian: Куюргазинский райо́н; ba, Көйөргәҙе районы, ''Köyörgäźe rayonı'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z d ...

in the west. The area of the district is .Official website of Kugarchinsky District
About the District
Its

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of Mrakovo. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 31,444, with the population of Mrakovo accounting for 27.6% of that number.

History

The district was established on August 20, 1930.

Administrative and municipal status

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

. The district is divided into 20

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 113 rural localities.Resolution #391 As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kugarchinsky Municipal District. Its twenty selsoviets are incorporated as twenty rural settlements within the municipal district. The '' selo'' of Mrakovo serves as the

of both the administrative and municipal district.

Notable people

* Murtaza Rakhimov (b. 1934), first President of the Republic of Bashkortostan

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=October 2012 Districts of Bashkortostan States and territories established in 1930