Sterlitamaksky District

Sterlitamaksky District
Стерлитамакский район
Other transcription(s)
  BashkirСтәрлетамаҡ районы
Mosque "Sufi", Sterlitamaksky District
Location of Sterlitamaksky District in the Republic of Bashkortostan
Coordinates: 53°38′N 55°57′E / 53.633°N 55.950°E / 53.633; 55.950
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Bashkortostan
EstablishedAugust 20, 1930
Administrative centerSterlitamak
Area
  Total
2,216 km2 (856 sq mi)
Population
  Total
40,325
  Estimate 
(2018)
42,979 (+6.6%)
  Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions20 Selsoviets
  Inhabited localities111 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asSterlitamaksky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions0 urban settlements, 20 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 )
OKTMO ID80649000
Websitehttp://str-raion.ru
Population of Sterlitamaksky District
2010 Census40,325
2002 Census37,699
1989 Census33,461
1979 Census32,539

Sterlitamaksky District (Russian: Стерлитама́кский райо́н; Bashkir: Стәрлетамаҡ районы, Stärletamaq rayonı) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic and borders with Aurgazinsky District in the north, Gafuriysky District in the northeast, Ishimbaysky District in the east and southeast, Meleuzovsky District in the south, Sterlibashevsky District in the southwest, Miyakinsky District in the west, and with Alsheyevsky District in the west and northwest. The area of the district is 2,216 square kilometers (856 sq mi). Its administrative center is the city of Sterlitamak (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 40,325.