Rtishchevsky District (russian: Рти́щевский райо́н) is an administrative
[Charter of Saratov Oblast] and municipal
[Law #78-ZSO] district (
raion
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), one of the
thirty-eight in
Saratov Oblast
Saratov Oblast (russian: Сара́товская о́бласть, ''Saratovskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the types of ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the northwest 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
Rtishchevo (which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 17,383 (
2010 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Rtishchevsky District is one of the
thirty-eight in the oblast.
The town of
Rtishchevo serves as its
administrative center
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,
despite being incorporated separately as a
town under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Rtishchevsky Municipal District,
with Rtishchevo Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction being incorporated within it as Rtishchevo Urban Settlement.
[Law #117-ZSO]
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Districts of Saratov Oblast
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