Zavodoukovsky Urban Okrug (russian: Заводоуковский городско́й о́круг) is a
municipal formation (an urban okrug) in
Tyumen Oblast,
Russia
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,
[Law #263] one of the five urban okrugs in the
oblast
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. Its territory comprises the territories of two
administrative divisions of Tyumen Oblast—
Zavodoukovsky District
Zavodoukovsky Urban Okrug (russian: Заводоуковский городско́й о́круг) is a municipal formation (an urban okrug) in Tyumen Oblast, Russia,Law #263 one of the five urban okrugs in the oblast. Its territory comprises th ...
and 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
Zavodoukovsk
Zavodoukovsk (russian: Заводоуко́вск) is a town in Tyumen Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshoy Uk River (an arm of the Tobol) southeast of Tyumen, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population w ...
.
[Law #53]
The urban okrug was established by the Law of Tyumen Oblast #263 of November 5, 2004.
Zavodoukovsky District
Zavodoukovsky District (russian: Заводоуко́вский 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-two in
Tyumen Oblast,
Russia
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.
[Law #53] As a
municipal division, it is a part of Zavodoukovsky Urban Okrug.
[Law #263] It is located in the southwest 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 Kingdom of ...
. 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
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
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
Zavodoukovsk
Zavodoukovsk (russian: Заводоуко́вск) is a town in Tyumen Oblast, Russia, located on the Bolshoy Uk River (an arm of the Tobol) southeast of Tyumen, the administrative center of the oblast. As of the 2010 Census, its population w ...
(which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 21,101 (
2010 Census);
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