Melekessky District

Melekessky District Мелекесский район (Russian)
Location of Melekessky District in Ulyanovsk Oblast
Coordinates: 54°14′N 49°35′E / 54.233°N 49.583°E / 54.233; 49.583Coordinates: 54°14′N 49°35′E / 54.233°N 49.583°E / 54.233; 49.583
Dubravka village, Melekessky District
Coat of arms	Flag
Location
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Ulyanovsk Oblast
Administrative structure (as of July 2012)
Administrative center	city of Dimitrovgrad
Administrative divisions:
Settlement okrugs	2
Rural okrugs	6
Inhabited localities:
Urban-type settlements	2
Rural localities	53
Municipal structure (as of July 2012)
Municipally incorporated as	Melekessky Municipal District
Municipal divisions:
Urban settlements	2
Rural settlements	6
Statistics
Area	3,472.3 km2 (1,340.7 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census)	36,718 inhabitants
• Urban	33.0%
• Rural	67.0%
Density	10.57/km2 (27.4/sq mi)
Time zone	SAMT (UTC+04:00)
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Melekessky District (Russian: Мелеке́сский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,472.3 square kilometers (1,340.7 sq mi). Its administrative center is the city of Dimitrovgrad (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 36,718 (2010 Census);40,272 (2002 Census);42,023 (1989 Census).

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

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Melekessky Municipal District. The city of oblast significance of Dimitrovgrad is incorporated separately from the district as Dimitrovgrad Urban Okrug.

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