Salavatsky District

Salavatsky District
Салаватский район
Other transcription(s)
  BashkirСалауат районы
Karatash Ridge, a protected area of Russia in Salavatsky District
Location of Salavatsky District in the Republic of Bashkortostan
Coordinates: 53°22′N 55°56′E / 53.367°N 55.933°E / 53.367; 55.933
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Bashkortostan
EstablishedJanuary 31, 1935
Administrative centerMaloyaz
Area
  Total
2,182 km2 (842 sq mi)
Population
  Total
26,566
  Estimate 
(2018)
23,871 (−10.1%)
  Density12/km2 (32/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions16 Selsoviets
  Inhabited localities60 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asSalavatsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions0 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 )
OKTMO ID80647000
Websitehttps://admmaloyaz.bashkortostan.ru

Salavatsky District (Russian: Салава́тский райо́н; Bashkir: Салауат районы, Salawat rayonı) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic and borders Duvansky District in the north, Kiginsky District in the northeast, Chelyabinsk Oblast in the east, south, and west, and Nurimanovsky District in the west. The area of the district is 2,182 square kilometers (842 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Maloyaz. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 26,566, with the population of Maloyaz accounting for 18.5% of that number.