Coat of arms Flag Federal subject Yaroslavl Oblast Work settlements 4 Area 2,082 km² | Country Russia Administrative center town of Rostov Rural okrugs 17 | |
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Rostovsky District (Russian: Ростовский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,073 square kilometers (800 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Rostov (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 34,062 (2010 Census); 38,593 (2002 Census); 43,047 (1989 Census).
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Map of Rostovsky District, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Rostovsky District is one of the seventeen in the oblast. The town of Rostov serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Rostovsky Municipal District, with the town of oblast significance of Rostov being incorporated within it as Rostov Urban Settlement.