Tuymazinsky District (russian: Туймази́нский райо́н; ba, Туймазы 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 west of the republic and borders with

Sharansky District Sharansky District (russian: Шара́нский райо́н; ba, Шаран районы) is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z district (raion), one of the fifty-four in th ...

in the north,

Buzdyaksky District Buzdyaksky District (russian: Буздя́кский райо́н; Bashkir and tt, Бүздәк районы, ''Büzdäk rayonı'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z distri ...

in the east,

Belebeyevsky District Belebeyevsky District (russian: Белебе́евский райо́н; ba, Бәләбәй районы) is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z district (raion), one of the fif ...

in the southeast and south,

Yermekeyevsky District Yermekeyevsky District (russian: Ермеке́евский райо́н; ba, Йәрмәкәй районы, ''Yärmäkäy rayonı''; tt, Ярмәкәй районы, ''Yarmäkäy rayonı'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Ba ...

in the south, and with the

Republic of Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...

in the west. The area of the district is .Official website of Tuymazinsky District
General Information About the District
Its

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is the

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Tuymazy Tuymazy (russian: Туймазы́; ba, Туймазы, ''Tuymazı'') is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located from Ufa. Population: It is an industrial town, with petroleum and natural gas industries and mechanical engineer ...

(which is administratively separate from the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 64,389.

History

The district was established on August 20, 1930.Official website of Tuymazinsky District
History
On March 20, 1937, the district was split into two—Tuymazinsky and Kandrinsky—but that was reversed in 1956.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tuymazinsky District is one of the fifty-four in the

. It is divided into 18

selsoviet Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selsovet; uk, сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council and for the area governed by such a cou ...

s, comprising 113 rural localities.Resolution #391 The town of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tuymazinsky Municipal District, with the town of republic significance of Tuymazy being incorporated within it as Tuymazy Urban Settlement.Law #126-z Its eighteen selsoviets are incorporated as eighteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Tuymazy serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.

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