Beloretsky District (; , ''Beloret rayonı'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z district (

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), one of the fifty-four in the

Republic of Bashkortostan Bashkortostan, officially the Republic of Bashkortostan, sometimes also called Bashkiria, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia between the Volga, Volga river and the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. The republic borders Perm Krai to th ...

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. It is located in the east of the republic and borders with

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in the north, Uchalinsky District in the east,

Abzelilovsky District Abzelilovsky District (; , ''Äbyälil rayonı'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z district (raion), one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is l ...

in the southeast,

Burzyansky District Burzyansky District (; , ''Böryän rayonı'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z district (raion), one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is loca ...

in the south, Ishimbaysky District in the southwest, and with Gafuriysky and

Arkhangelsky District Arkhangelsky District (; , ''Arxangel rayonı'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z district (raion), one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is lo ...

s in the west. The area of the district is .Official website of Beloretsky District
Tourist Passport of Beloretsky Municipal District of the Republic of Bashkortastan
Its

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is the

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Beloretsk Beloretsk (; ) is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the Belaya River, from Ufa. Population: History Beloretsk Iron Factory was founded in 1762 by merchants I. B. Tverdyshev and I. S. Myasnikov, ...

(which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 38,442.

History

The district was established in 1930.Official website of Beloretsky District
History

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Beloretsky District is one of the fifty-four in the

. It is divided into nineteen

selsoviet A selsoviet (; , ; ) is the shortened name for Selsky soviet, i.e., rural council (; ; ). It has three closely related meanings: *The administration (''soviet (council), soviet'') of a certain rural area. *The territorial subdivision administered ...

s, comprising ninety-nine rural localities.Resolution #391 The town of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Beloretsky Municipal District, with the town of republic significance of Beloretsk being incorporated within it as Beloretsk Urban Settlement.Law #126-z Its nineteen selsoviets are incorporated as nineteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Beloretsk serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.

Notable people

* Mukhamet Kharrasov (b. 1948), former President of the

Bashkir State University Bashkir State University (; ) (now Ufa University of Science and Technology) was located in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia. Founded in 1909, it was a classical university of Russia. On July 8, 2022, the Ufa University of Science and Technology ...

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=October 2012 Districts of Bashkortostan States and territories established in 1930