Ufimsky District (russian: Уфи́мский райо́н; ba, Өфө районы) 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

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. It is located in the center of the republic and borders with Kushnarenkovsky District in the northwest and north, Blagoveshchensky District in the north, Iglinsky District in the east, Karmaskalinsky District in the south, Chishminsky District in the southwest and west, and is split into two uneven parts by the territory of the city of republic significance of

Ufa Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the ...

. The area of the district is .Official website of Ufimsky District
Program of Social and Economic Development of Ufimsky District
Its

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is the

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(which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 67,067.

History

The district was established on August 20, 1930.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ufimsky District is one of the fifty-four in the republic. It is divided into nineteen

selsoviet Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selsovet; uk, сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council and for the area governed by such a cou ...

s, comprising eighty-nine

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.Resolution #391 The city of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a city of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ufimsky Municipal District. Its nineteen selsoviets are incorporated as nineteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The city of republic significance of Ufa is incorporated separately from the district as Ufa Urban Okrug, but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.

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