Svetlinsky District (russian: Све́тлинский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #1370/276-IV-OZ] and municipal
[Law #2367/495-IV-OZ] 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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. It is located in the east of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
rural locality
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(a settlement) of
Svetly.
Population: 13,876 (
2010 Census);
The population of Svetly accounts for 57.6% of the total district's population.
Geography
Shalkar-Yega-Kara
Shalkar-Yega-Kara (russian: Шалкар-Ега-Кара) is a lake in Orenburg Oblast, Russian Federation.
The lake is located in the Svetlinsky District, close to the Kazakhstan–Russia border. Svetly village lies close to the northern sh ...
, the largest lake in Orenburg Oblast, is located in the district.
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Districts of Orenburg Oblast