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Bizhbulyaksky District

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Coat of arms
  
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Administrative center
  
selo of Bizhbulyak

Rural localities
  
85

Founded
  
1930

Country
  
Russia

Selsoviets
  
13

Area
  
2,134 km²

Bizhbulyaksky District

Federal subject
  
Republic of Bashkortostan

Bizhbulyaksky District (Russian: Бижбуля́кский райо́н; Bashkir: Бишбүләк районы; Chuvash: Пишпӳлек районĕ; Tatar: Бишбүләк районы) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic and borders with Belebeyevsky District in the north, Alsheyevsky District in the northeast, Miyakinsky District in the east, Orenburg Oblast in the south and west, and with Yermekeyevsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,133.9 square kilometers (823.9 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Bizhbulyak. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 26,080, with the population of Bizhbulyak accounting for 24.7% of that number.

Contents

Map of Bizhbulyaksky District, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia

History

The district was established in 1930.

Administrative and municipal status

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

References

Bizhbulyaksky District Wikipedia