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Gubkinsky District

Gubkinsky District
Губкинский район (Russian)
Location Of Gubkinsky District (Belgorod Oblast).svg
Location of Gubkinsky District in Belgorod Oblast
Архангельская церковь (Белгородская область, Губкин, село Архангельское).JPG
Arkhangelsk Church, Arkhangelsk Village, Gubkinsky District
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Belgorod Oblast
Administrative structure (as of February 2013)
Administrative center town of Gubkin
Inhabited localities:
Rural localities 97
Municipal structure (as of February 2013)
Municipally incorporated as Gubkinsky Urban Okrug
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 33,561 inhabitants
• Urban 0%
• Rural 100%
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)
Established January 12, 1965
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Gubkinsky District (Russian: Губкинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. Its administrative center is the town of Gubkin (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 33,561 (2010 Census); 33,974 (2002 Census);33,809 (1989 Census).

The district was established on January 12, 1965.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gubkinsky District is one of the twenty-one in the oblast. The town of Gubkin serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the territory of the district and the territory of the town of oblast significance of Gubkin are incorporated together as Gubkinsky Urban Okrug.


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