Troitsky District (russian: Тро́ицкий райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-seven in
Chelyabinsk Oblast
Chelyabinsk Oblast (russian: Челя́бинская о́бласть, ''Chelyabinskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia. Its administrative center is th ...
,
Russia
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.
[Resolution #161] It is located in the central and eastern parts of the
oblast
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. 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, L ...
is the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
of
Troitsk (which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 33,816 (
2002 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Troitsky District is one of the
twenty-seven in the oblast.
The town of
Troitsk serves as 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, L ...
, despite being incorporated separately as an
administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Troitsky Municipal District.
The Town of Troitsk is incorporated separately from the district as Troitsky Urban Okrug.
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Districts of Chelyabinsk Oblast
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