Melekessky District () is an administrative
[Law #126-ZO] and municipal
[Law #043-ZO] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-one in
Ulyanovsk Oblast
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,
Russia
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. It is located in the northeast of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the
city
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of
Dimitrovgrad (which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 36,718 (
2010 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
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
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located.
In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
, 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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Districts of Ulyanovsk Oblast
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