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Belokataysky District

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Coat of arms
  
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Administrative center
  
selo of Novobelokatay

Rural localities
  
46

Founded
  
1930

Country
  
Russia

Selsoviets
  
13

Area
  
3,037 km²

Belokataysky District

Federal subject
  
Republic of Bashkortostan

Belokataysky District (Russian: Белоката́йский райо́н; Bashkir: Балаҡатай районы) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic and borders with Sverdlovsk Oblast in the north, Chelyabinsk Oblast in the east, Kiginsky District in the south, and with Mechetlinsky District in the west. The area of the district is 3,037 square kilometers (1,173 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Novobelokatay. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 20,169, with the population of Novobelokatay accounting for 29.6% of that number.

Contents

Map of Belokataysky District, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia

History

The district was established on August 20, 1930.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Belokataysky District is one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The district is divided into thirteen selsoviets, comprising forty-six rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Belokataysky Municipal District. Its thirteen selsoviets are incorporated as thirteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The selo of Novobelokatay serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

References

Belokataysky District Wikipedia