Svobodnensky District

Svobodnensky District (Russian: Свобо́дненский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 7,318 square kilometers (2,825 sq mi).^[3] Its administrative center is the town of Svobodny^[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[1] Population: 14,315 (2010 Census);^[4] 14,568 (2002 Census);^[7] 16,879 (1989 Soviet census).^[8]

Svobodnensky District Свободненский район
District
Village of Little Sazanka in Svobodnensky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Svobodnensky District in Amur Oblast
Coordinates: 51°17′30″N 126°53′30″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Amur Oblast[1]
Established	4 January 1926
Administrative center	Svobodny[2]
Area [3]
• Total	7,318 km2 (2,825 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	14,315
• Density	2.0/km2 (5.1/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	15 Rural settlements
• Inhabited localities[2]	41 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Svobodnensky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	0 urban settlements, 15 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+9 (MSK+6 [6])
OKTMO ID	10642000
Website	http://www.svobregion.ru/

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Svobodnensky District is one of the twenty in the oblast.^[1] The town of Svobodny serves as its administrative center,^[2] despite being incorporated separately as an urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Svobodnensky Municipal District.^[5] Svobodny Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.^[9]