Sharansky District (; , ''Şaran 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 west of the republic and borders with

Bakalinsky District Bakalinsky District (; , ''Baqalı rayonı''; , ''Baqalı 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 Bashkortost ...

in the northwest and north,

Chekmagushevsky District Chekmagushevsky District (; ) 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 located in the west ...

in the northeast,

Buzdyaksky District Buzdyaksky District (; Bashkir and , ''Büzdäk 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, Russi ...

in the southeast,

Tuymazinsky District Tuymazinsky District (; Bashkir and , ''Tuymazı 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, Russ ...

in the south, and with the

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in the west. The area of the district is .Official website of Sharansky District
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Its

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is the rural locality (a '' selo'') of Sharan. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 22,514, with the population of Sharan accounting for 26.3% of that number.

History

The district was established on January 31, 1935, when it was split from

Administrative and municipal status

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

. The district is divided into 13

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 103 rural localities.Resolution #391 As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sharansky Municipal District. Its thirteen selsoviets are incorporated as thirteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The '' selo'' of Sharan serves as the

of both the administrative and municipal district.

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