Coat of arms Flag Federal subject Volgograd Oblast Selsoviets 23 Area 3,466 km² | Country Russia Administrative center town of Uryupinsk Rural localities 97 | |
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Uryupinsky District (Russian: Урю́пинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Uryupinsky Municipal District. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,460 square kilometers (1,340 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Uryupinsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 28,775 (2010 Census); 30,615 (2002 Census); 33,266 (1989 Census).
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Map of Uryupinsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Uryupinsky District is one of the thirty-three in the oblast. The town of Uryupinsk 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 Uryupinsky Municipal District. The town of oblast significance of Uryupinsk is incorporated separately from the district as Uryupinsk Urban Okrug.