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Coat of arms of Zelenodolsk and Zelenodolsky District
  
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Federal subject
  
Republic of Tatarstan

Urban-type settlements
  
2

Area
  
1,396 km²

Country
  
Russia

Administrative center
  
town of Zelenodolsk

Rural localities
  
103

Founded
  
4 August 1938

Zelenodolsky District

Zelenodolsky District (Russian: Зеленодо́льский райо́н; Tatar: Зеленодол районы, Zelenodol rayonı) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-three in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the district is 1,396 square kilometers (539 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Zelenodolsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 60,878 (2010 Census); 62,251 (2002 Census); 62,330 (1989 Census).

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Map of Zelenodolsky District, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zelenodolsky District is one of the forty-three in the republic. The town of Zelenodolsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zelenodolsky Municipal District, with the town of republic significance of Zelenodolsk being incorporated within it as Zelenodolsk Urban Settlement.

References

Zelenodolsky District Wikipedia