Mikhaylovsky District (russian: Миха́йловский райо́н) is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
thirty-three in
Volgograd Oblast
Volgograd Oblast (russian: Волгогра́дская о́бласть, ''Volgogradskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region, Volga region of Southern Russia. Its adminis ...
,
Russia
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.
[Law #139-OD] As a
municipal division, it is a part of
Mikhaylovka Urban Okrug Mikhaylovka Urban Okrug (russian: городско́й о́круг Миха́йловка) is a municipal formation (an urban okrug) in Volgograd Oblast, Russia,Law #1033-OD one of the six urban okrugs in the oblast. Its territory comprises the te ...
.
[Law #1033-OD] It is located in the northwestern central part of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Mikhaylovka (which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 25,978 (
2002 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Mikhaylovsky District is one of the
thirty-three in the oblast.
The town of
Mikhaylovka serves as its
administrative center
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,
despite being incorporated separately as a
town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the territory of the administrative district and the territory of the town of oblast significance of Mikhaylovka are incorporated together as
Mikhaylovka Urban Okrug Mikhaylovka Urban Okrug (russian: городско́й о́круг Миха́йловка) is a municipal formation (an urban okrug) in Volgograd Oblast, Russia,Law #1033-OD one of the six urban okrugs in the oblast. Its territory comprises the te ...
.
The district used to be incorporated as Mikhaylovsky Municipal District, but effective July 10, 2012, the municipal district was merged into Mikhaylovka Urban Okrug and abolished.
[Law #65-OD]
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Districts of Volgograd Oblast
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