Ufimsky District (; , ''Öfö 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

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. It is located in the center of the republic and borders with Kushnarenkovsky District in the northwest and north,

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in the north, Iglinsky District in the east, Karmaskalinsky District in the south,

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in the southwest and west, and is split into two uneven parts by the territory of the city of republic significance of Ufa. 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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of Ufa (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 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 eighty-nine rural localities.Resolution #391 The city of Ufa 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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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=October 2012 Districts of Bashkortostan States and territories established in 1930