Sredneakhtubinsky District

Sredneakhtubinsky District (Russian: Среднеахту́бинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty-three in Volgograd Oblast, Russia.^[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Sredneakhtubinsky Municipal District.^[6] It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,039 square kilometers (787 sq mi).^[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Srednyaya Akhtuba.^[2] Population: 58,962 (2010 Census);^[4] 55,341 (2002 Census);^[8] 48,555 (1989 Soviet census).^[9] The population of Srednyaya Akhtuba accounts for 24.5% of the district's total population.^[4]

Sredneakhtubinsky District Среднеахтубинский район
District
On the Volga River, Sredneakhtubinsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Sredneakhtubinsky District in Volgograd Oblast
Coordinates: 48°43′N 44°52′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Volgograd Oblast[1]
Established	23 June 1928
Administrative center	Srednyaya Akhtuba[2]
Area [3]
• Total	2,039 km2 (787 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	58,962
• Density	29/km2 (75/sq mi)
• Urban	51.6%
• Rural	48.4%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Towns of district significance, 1 Urban-type settlements, 9 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities	1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements[5], 59 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Sredneakhtubinsky Municipal District[6]
• Municipal divisions[6]	2 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [7])
OKTMO ID	18651000
Website	volganet.ru

Administrative and municipal divisions

As an administrative division, the district is divided into one town of district significance (Krasnoslobodsk), one urban-type settlement (Srednyaya Akhtuba), and nine selsoviets.^[2] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sredneakhtubinsky Municipal District and is divided into two urban and ten rural settlements.^[6] Until April 2012, the municipal district included all of the inhabited localities of the administrative district, with the exception of one rural locality (the settlement of Uralsky), which was municipally a part of Volzhsky Urban Okrug.^[6] In April 2012, the settlement of Uralsky was merged into the city of Volzhsky.^[10]