Buguruslansky District

Buguruslansky District (Russian: Бугурусла́нский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the thirty-five in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,834 square kilometers (1,094 sq mi).^[3] Its administrative center is the town of Buguruslan^[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[7] Population: 19,680 (2010 Census);^[4] 23,523 (2002 Census);^[8] 23,172 (1989 Soviet census).^[9]

Buguruslansky District Бугурусланский район
District
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Location of Buguruslansky District in Orenburg Oblast
Coordinates: 53°37′N 52°25′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Orenburg Oblast[1]
Established	16 July 1928
Administrative center	Buguruslan[2]
Area [3]
• Total	2,834 km2 (1,094 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	19,680
• Density	6.9/km2 (18/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	15 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[2]	80 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Buguruslansky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	0 urban settlements, 14 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+5 (MSK+2 [6])
OKTMO ID	53611000
Website	http://bugr.orb.ru/

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Buguruslansky District is one of the thirty-five in the oblast.^[1] The town of Buguruslan serves as its administrative center,^[2] despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Buguruslansky Municipal District.^[5] The Town of Buguruslan is incorporated separately from the district as Buguruslan Urban Okrug.^[5]