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Pokhvistnevsky District

Pokhvistnevsky District
Похвистневский район (Russian)
Location Of Pokhvistnevsky District (Samara Oblast).svg
Location of Pokhvistnevsky District in Samara Oblast
Coordinates: 53°39′N 52°08′E / 53.650°N 52.133°E / 53.650; 52.133Coordinates: 53°39′N 52°08′E / 53.650°N 52.133°E / 53.650; 52.133
Отголосок осени.jpg
Kopek Mountain, Pokhvistnevsky District
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Coat of arms
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Samara Oblast
Administrative structure (as of 2013)
Administrative center town of Pokhvistnevo
Inhabited localities:
Rural localities 79
Municipal structure (as of May 2014)
Municipally incorporated as Pokhvistnevsky Municipal District
Municipal divisions:
Urban settlements 0
Rural settlements 15
Statistics
Area 2,130 km2 (820 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 29,027 inhabitants
• Urban 0%
• Rural 100%
Density 13.63/km2 (35.3/sq mi)
Time zone SAMT (UTC+04:00)
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Pokhvistnevsky District (Russian: По́хвистневский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,130 square kilometers (820 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Pokhvistnevo (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 29,027 (2010 Census);30,180 (2002 Census);32,437 (1989 Census).

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Pokhvistnevsky District is one of the twenty-seven in the oblast. The town of Pokhvistnevo 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 district is incorporated as Pokhvistnevsky Municipal District. The town of oblast significance of Pokhvistnevo is incorporated separately from the district as Pokhvistnevo Urban Okrug.


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