Prigorodny District (russian: Пригородный райо́н) is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
thirty
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In mathematics
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in
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Sverdlovsk Oblast ( rus, Свердловская область, Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg, formerly known as S ...
,
Russia
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.
[Charter of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Article 84] As a
municipal division, it is incorporated as Gornouralsky Urban Okrug ().
[Law #143-OZ][Order #120-P] The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
city
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of
Nizhny Tagil
Nizhny Tagil ( rus, Нижний Тагил, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj tɐˈgʲil) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located east of the boundary between Asia and Europe. Population:
History
The prehistor ...
(which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 38,527 (
2010 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Prigorodny District is one of the
thirty
30 (thirty) is the natural number following 29 and preceding 31.
In mathematics
30 is an even, composite, pronic number. With 2, 3, and 5 as its prime factors, it is a regular number and the first sphenic number, the smallest of the form , ...
in the oblast.
The city of
Nizhny Tagil
Nizhny Tagil ( rus, Нижний Тагил, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj tɐˈgʲil) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located east of the boundary between Asia and Europe. Population:
History
The prehistor ...
serves as its
administrative center
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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 Gornouralsky Urban Okrug.
The City of Nizhny Tagil is incorporated separately from the district as Nizhny Tagil Urban Okrug.
[Law #85-OZ]
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Districts of Sverdlovsk Oblast
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