Blagoveshchensky District (; ) 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

Republic of Bashkortostan Bashkortostan, officially the Republic of Bashkortostan, sometimes also called Bashkiria, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia between the Volga, Volga river and the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. The republic borders Perm Krai to th ...

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. It is located in the northern central part of the republic and borders with

Karaidelsky District Karaidelsky District (; , ''Qariźel rayonı''; , ''Qaraidel rayonı'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z district (raion)- one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkort ...

in the north,

Nurimanovsky District Nurimanovsky District (; , ''Nuriman rayonı'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z district (raion), one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is l ...

in the east,

Ufimsky District Ufimsky District (; , ''Öfö rayonı'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z district (raion), one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located in ...

in the south, Kushnarenkovsky District in the southwest,

Birsky District Birsky District (; ,''Börö rayonı''; , ''Pürö kundem''; , ''Böre rayonı'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z district (raion), one of the fifty-four in the Republic o ...

in the west, and with Mishkinsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is .Official website of Blagoveshchensky District
About the District
Its

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is the

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

Blagoveshchensk Blagoveshchensk ( rus, Благовещенск, p=bləɡɐˈvʲeɕːɪnsk, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Amur Oblast, Russia. It is located at the confluence of the Amur River, Amur and the ...

(which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 15,497.

Administrative and municipal status

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

. It is divided into fifteen

selsoviet A selsoviet (; , ; ) is the shortened name for Selsky soviet, i.e., rural council (; ; ). It has three closely related meanings: *The administration (''soviet (council), soviet'') of a certain rural area. *The territorial subdivision administered ...

s, comprising ninety-nine 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 Blagoveshchensky Municipal District, with the town of republic significance of Blagoveshchensk being incorporated within it as Blagoveshchensk Urban Settlement.Law #126-z Its fifteen selsoviets are incorporated as fifteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of BLagoveshchensk serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.

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