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Kotovo (russian: Ко́тово) is a
town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares ...
and the
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, L ...
of
Kotovsky District Kotovsky District (russian: Ко́товский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #139-OD district ( raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kotovsky Municipal District.Law ...
in
Volgograd Oblast Volgograd Oblast (russian: Волгогра́дская о́бласть, ''Volgogradskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the Volga region of Southern Russia. Its administrative center is Volgograd. The populati ...
,
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, located on the
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's
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), north of
Volgograd Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stalingrád, label=none; ) ...
, the administrative center of the
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. Population:


History

It was founded in the 1710s and was granted town status in 1966.


Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kotovo serves as the
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, L ...
of
Kotovsky District Kotovsky District (russian: Ко́товский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #139-OD district ( raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kotovsky Municipal District.Law ...
. As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Kotovsky District as the
town of district significance Town of district significance is an administrative division of a district in a federal subject of Russia. It is equal in status to a selsoviet or an urban-type settlement of district significance, but is organized around a town (as opposed to a ...
of Kotovo. As a municipal division, the town of district significance of Kotovo is incorporated within Kotovsky Municipal District as Kotovo Urban Settlement.Law #974-OD


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* {{Authority control Cities and towns in Volgograd Oblast Kamyshinsky Uyezd