Sol-Iletsky District (; , ) is an administrative district (

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), one of the thirty-five in

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.Law #1370/276-IV-OZ 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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Sol-Iletsk Sol-Iletsk () is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Ilek River ( Ural's tributary), south of Orenburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 22,000 (1975); 11,802 (1897). The climate is arid, ...

, (which is not administratively a part of the district).Resolution #4-p Population: 25,424 ( 2010 Census);

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sol-Iletsky District is one of the thirty-five in the oblast. The town of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the territory of the district and the territory of the Town of Sol-Iletsk are incorporated together as

Sol-Iletsky Urban Okrug Sol-Iletsky Urban Okrug () is a municipal formation (an urban okrug) in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, one of the thirteen urban okrugs in the oblast.Law #2367/495-IV-OZ Its territory comprises the territories of two administrative divisions of Orenbur ...

.Law #2367/495-IV-OZ Prior to May 1, 2015, the district was incorporated as Sol-Iletsky Municipal District, with the Town of Sol-Iletsk being incorporated within it as Sol-Iletsk Urban Settlement.Law #3028/833-V-OZ

Paleontology

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s of dipnoan fish ''

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bucobaensis'' were found in the Middle

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Bukobay V locality of Sol-Iletsky District. The species is characterized by large, elegant tooth plates up to 50 mm long.

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