Sol-Iletsky District (russian: Соль-Илецкий райо́н; kk, Тұзтөбе ауданы, ) is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
thirty-five in
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'' () ...
,
Russia
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.
[Law #1370/276-IV-OZ] It is located in the south 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
Sol-Iletsk
Sol-Iletsk (russian: Соль-Иле́цк) is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Ilek River (Ural's tributary), south of Orenburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 22,000 (1975); 11,802 (1 ...
,
(which is not administratively a part of the district).
[Resolution #4-p] Population: 25,424 (
2010 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Sol-Iletsky District is one of the
thirty-five in the oblast.
The town of
Sol-Iletsk
Sol-Iletsk (russian: Соль-Иле́цк) is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Ilek River (Ural's tributary), south of Orenburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 22,000 (1975); 11,802 (1 ...
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 territory of the district and the territory of the Town of Sol-Iletsk are incorporated together as
Sol-Iletsky Urban Okrug.
[Law #2367/495-IV-OZ] Prior to May 1, 2015, the district was incorporated as Sol-Iletsky Municipal District, with the Town of Sol-Iletsk being incorporated within it as Sol-Iletsk Urban Settlement.
[Law #3028/833-V-OZ]
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Districts of Orenburg Oblast