Sol-Iletsky Urban Okrug () is a municipal formation (an urban okrug) in

Orenburg Oblast Orenburg Oblast (also Orenburzhye) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), mainly located in Eastern Europe. Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name Chkalov Oblast in honor of Valery Chkal ...

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

, one of the thirteen urban okrugs in the

oblast An oblast ( or ) is a type of administrative division in Bulgaria and several post-Soviet states, including Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Historically, it was used in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. The term ''oblast'' is often translated i ...

.Law #2367/495-IV-OZ Its territory comprises the territories of two

administrative divisions Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...

of Orenburg Oblast—

Sol-Iletsky District Sol-Iletsky District (; , ) is an administrative 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 wor ...

and the

Town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

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, ...

.Resolution #4-pLaw #3028/838-V-OZ It was established on May 1, 2015 by the Law #3028/833-V-OZ of Orenburg Oblast by merging the municipal formations of former Sol-Iletsky Municipal District and granting the resulting entity urban okrug status.

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* * * Urban okrugs of Russia States and territories established in 2015 2015 establishments in Russia __NOTOC__