Svobodnensky District () is an administrative
[Law #127-OZ] and municipal
[Law #31-OZ] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty in
Amur Oblast
Amur Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya rivers in the Russian Far East. The oblast borders Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the south.
The administrati ...
,
Russia
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
of
Svobodny[According to Law #127-OZ, the administrative-territorial structure of Amur Oblast matches its municipal structure. The laws dealing with the structure of the municipal districts serve as the registries of the inhabited localities of the administrative districts and list their administrative centers. For Svobodnensky District, Law #31-OZ is used.] (which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 14,568 (
2002 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Svobodnensky District is one of the
twenty in the oblast.
The town of
Svobodny serves as its
administrative center
An administrative centre 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 the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
,
despite being incorporated separately as an
urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Svobodnensky Municipal District.
Svobodny Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.
[Law #402-OZ]
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Districts of Amur Oblast
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