Balashovsky District
Балашовский район | |
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Coordinates: 51°33′N 43°10′E / 51.550°N 43.167°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Saratov Oblast[1] |
Established | 23 July 1928 |
Administrative center | Balashov[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,924.56 km2 (1,129.18 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 31,125 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 106,107 (+240.9%) |
• Density | 11/km2 (28/sq mi) |
• Urban | 11.1% |
• Rural | 88.9% |
Administrative structure | |
• Inhabited localities[2] | 1 Urban-type settlements[6], 60 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Balashovsky Municipal District[7] |
• Municipal divisions[8] | 2 urban settlements, 14 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+4 (MSK+1 [9]) |
OKTMO ID | 63608000 |
Website | http://baladmin.ru/ |
Balashovsky District (Russian: Балашовский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion), one of the thirty-eight in Saratov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,924.56 square kilometers (1,129.18 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Balashov[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[10] Population: 31,125 (2010 Census);[4] 34,599 (2002 Census);[11] 33,835 (1989 Soviet census).[12]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Balashovsky District is one of the thirty-eight in the oblast.[1] The town of Balashov serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a town under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[10]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Balashovsky Municipal District,[7] with Balashov Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction being incorporated within it as Balashov Urban Settlement.[8]