Rtishchevsky District () is an administrativeCharter of Saratov Oblast and municipalLaw #78-ZSO district (

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), one of the thirty-eight in

Saratov Oblast Saratov Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Saratov. As of the 2021 Russian cens ...

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. It is located in the northwest of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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Rtishchevo Rtishchevo ( rus, Ртищево, p=ˈrtʲiɕːɪvə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Saratov Oblast, Russia, located west of Saratov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History The village of Rtishchev ...

(which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 17,383 ( 2010 Census);

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Rtishchevsky District is one of the thirty-eight in the oblast. The town of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a town under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Rtishchevsky Municipal District, with Rtishchevo Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction being incorporated within it as Rtishchevo Urban Settlement.Law #117-ZSO File:Rtishchevsky District 01.jpg File:Rtishchevsky District 02.jpg File:Rtishchevsky District 03.jpg

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