Shebekino (russian: Шебе́кино) is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Belgorod Oblast
Belgorod Oblast (russian: Белгоро́дская о́бласть, ''Belgorodskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Belgorod. Population:
History
At the turn of the 17th cent ...
,
Russia
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, located on the
Nezhegol River
Nezhegol (russian: Нежеголь) is a river in Belgorod Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of the Seversky Donets. It is long, with a drainage basin of .[Belgorod
Belgorod ( rus, Белгород, p=ˈbʲeɫɡərət) is a city and the administrative center of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River north of the border with Ukraine. Population: Demographics
The population of Be ...]
. Population:
History
It was founded in 1713 and was granted town status in 1938.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Shebekino serves as the
administrative center
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of
Shebekinsky District
Shebekinsky District (russian: Шебекинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Russia.Law #248 As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Shebekinsky Municipal District.Law ...
,
even though it is not a part of it.
As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the
town of oblast significance of Shebekino—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the
districts
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.
[Law #248] As a
municipal division, the town of oblast significance of Shebekino is incorporated within Shebekinsky Municipal District as Shebekino Urban Settlement.
[Law #159]
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Cities and towns in Belgorod Oblast
Belgorodsky Uyezd
Populated places established in 1713
1713 establishments in Russia