Uzlovsky District (russian: Узло́вский райо́н) is an administrative district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
), one of the
twenty-three in
Tula Oblast
Tula Oblast (russian: Ту́льская о́бласть, ''Tulskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically in the European Russia region of the country and is part of the Central Federal District, covering ...
, Russia.
[Law #954-ZTO] Within the
framework of municipal divisions, it is incorporated as Uzlovsky Municipal District.
[Law #551-ZTO] It is located in the east of the
oblast
An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdo ...
. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
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 ...
of
Uzlovaya
Uzlovaya (russian: Узлова́я) is a town and the administrative center of Uzlovsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia. Population:
History
It was founded in 1873 as Khrushchyovskaya () railway station. It was renamed Uzlovaya in 1877 and gr ...
.
Population: 85,173 (
2010 Census);
The population of Uzlovaya accounts for 64.9% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Tula Oblast