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Shebekinsky District

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Country
  
Russia

Administrative center
  
town of Shebekino

Rural localities
  
101

Founded
  
1928

Federal subject
  
Belgorod Oblast

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.

References

Shebekinsky District Wikipedia