Sterlitamaksky District (russian: Стерлитама́кский райо́н; ba, Стәрлетамаҡ районы) is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z district (

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), one of the fifty-four in the

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. It is located in the center of the republic and borders with Aurgazinsky District in the north,

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in the northeast, Ishimbaysky District in the east and southeast, Meleuzovsky District in the south, Sterlibashevsky District in the southwest, Miyakinsky District in the west, and with Alsheyevsky District in the west and northwest. The area of the district is .Official website of Sterlitamaksky District
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Sterlitamak Sterlitamak ( rus, Стерлитама́к, p=stʲɪrlʲɪtɐˈmak; ba, Стәрлетамаҡ, translit=Stärletamaq; ) is the second largest city in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Belaya River (Kama's ...

(which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 40,325.

History

The district was established on August 20, 1930.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sterlitamaksky District is one of the fifty-four in the republic. It is divided into 20

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s, comprising 111

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.Resolution #391 The city of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a city of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sterlitamaksky Municipal District. Its twenty selsoviets are incorporated as twenty rural settlements within the municipal district. The city of republic significance of Sterlitamak is incorporated separately from the district as Sterlitamak Urban Okrug, but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.

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