Chekmagushevsky District

Chekmagushevsky District (Russian: Чекмагу́шевский райо́н; Bashkir: Саҡмағош районы, romanized: Saqmağoş rayonı) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[7] district (raion), one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic and borders with Dyurtyulinsky District in the north, Kushnarenkovsky District in the east, Blagovarsky District in the southeast, Buzdyaksky District in the south, Sharansky District in the southwest, Bakalinsky District in the west, and with Ilishevsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 1,692 square kilometers (653 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Chekmagush.^[3] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 30,780, with the population of Chekmagush accounting for 37.0% of that number.^[4]

Chekmagushevsky District Чекмагушевский район
District
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• Bashkir	Саҡмағош районы
View of Starokalmashevo, Chekmagushevsky District
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Location of Chekmagushevsky District in the Republic of Bashkortostan
Coordinates: 55°08′N 54°39′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Bashkortostan[1]
Established	1930[2]
Administrative center	Chekmagush[3]
Area [2]
• Total	1,692 km2 (653 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	30,780
• Estimate  (2018)[5]	28,403 (−7.7%)
• Density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	13 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[6]	78 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Chekmagushevsky Municipal District[7]
• Municipal divisions[7]	0 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+5 (MSK+2 [8])
OKTMO ID	80656000
Website	http://www.chekmagush.com

Population of Chekmagushevsky District

2010 Census	30,780[4]
2002 Census	33,031[9]
1989 Census	32,738[10]
1979 Census	39,542[11]

History

The district was established in 1930.^[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Chekmagushevsky District is one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan.^[1] The district is divided into thirteen selsoviets, comprising seventy-eight rural localities.^[6] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Chekmagushevsky Municipal District.^[7] Its thirteen selsoviets are incorporated as thirteen rural settlements within the municipal district.^[7] The selo of Chekmagush serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[3] and municipal^[7] district.