Oboyansky District () is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is c ...

), one of the twenty-eight in

Kursk Oblast Kursk Oblast (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Kursk. As of the 2021 Russian census, 2021 census, Kursk Oblast had a pop ...

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. It is located in the south of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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Oboyan Oboyan () is a town and the administrative center of Oboyansky District in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Psyol at its confluence with the Oboyanka, south of Kursk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: ...

. Population: 35,815 ( 2002 Census); The population of Oboyan accounts for 42.4% of the district's total population.

Geography

Oboyansky District is located in the south central region of Kursk Oblast on the border with

Belgorod Oblast Belgorod Oblast () is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Belgorod. , the population is 1,540,486. History During the Princely ...

. The terrain is hilly plain on the

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. The main river in the district is the

Psel River The Psel or Psyol (; ) is a river, a left tributary of the Dnieper, which flows through Russia and Ukraine. The Psel has a length of and a drainage basin of .

, which flows south from the district into Ukraine, where it empties into the

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River. The Psel is typically frozen from November to March. The district is south of the city of

Kursk Kursk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur (Kursk Oblast), Kur, Tuskar, and Seym (river), Seym rivers. It has a population of Kursk ...

and southwest of

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. The area measures (north-south), and (west-east). The administrative center is the town of

. The district is bordered on the north by

Medvensky District Medvensky District () is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its admin ...

, on the east by

Pristensky District Pristensky District () is an administrativeResolution #489 and municipalLaw #48-ZKO district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative cente ...

, on the south by

Ivnyansky District Ivnyansky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Russia.Law #248 Municipally, it is incorporated as Ivnyansky Municipal District.Law #159 It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area ...

of Belgorod Oblast, and on the west by Belovsky District.

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Oboyansky District on Google MapsOboyansky District on OpenStreetMap
{{Use mdy dates, date=April 2013 Districts of Kursk Oblast