Rural localities 101 Founded 1928 | Urban-type settlements 1 Area 1,866 km² | |
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Coat of arms of Shebekino and Shebekinsky District Flag of Shebekino and Shebekinsky District | ||
Shebekinsky District (Russian: Шебекинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Shebekinsky Municipal District. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,865.9 square kilometers (720.4 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Shebekino (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 47,889 (2010 Census); 47,345 (2002 Census); 44,668 (1989 Census).
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Map of Shebekinsky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shebekinsky District is one of the twenty-one in the oblast. The town of Shebekino 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 Shebekinsky Municipal District, with the town of oblast significance of Shebekino being incorporated within it as Shebekino Urban Settlement.