Gafuriysky District (; , ''Ğafuri 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

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. It is located in the center of the republic and borders with Arkhangelsky District in the north, Beloretsky District in the east, Ishimbaysky District in the south,

Sterlitamaksky District Sterlitamaksky District (; , ''Stärletamaq rayonı'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Article 64 and municipalLaw #126-z district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of the Republic of Bashkortosta ...

in the southwest, Aurgazinsky District in the west, and with Karmaskalinsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is .Official website of Gafuriysky District
Investment Passport of Gafuriysky Municipal District of the Republic of Bashkortostan
Its

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is the rural locality (a '' selo'') of Krasnousolsky. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 33,869, with the population of Krasnousolsky accounting for 35.4% of that number.

History

The district was established in 1930 as Krasnousolsky District (). It was given its present name in 1940. The poet Majit Gafuri, the Turkologist Jalil Keyekbaev and the historian Niyaz Mazhitov were born here.

Administrative and municipal status

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

. The district is divided into sixteen

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-five rural localities.Resolution #391 As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Gafuriysky Municipal District. Its sixteen selsoviets are incorporated as sixteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The '' selo'' of Krasnousolsky serves as the

of both the administrative and municipal district.

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