Sterlibashevsky District

Sterlibashevsky District
Стерлибашевский район
Other transcription(s)
  BashkirСтәрлебаш районы
Thickets of steppe cherry, Sterlibashevsky District
Location of Sterlibashevsky District in the Republic of Bashkortostan
Coordinates: 53°26′N 55°16′E / 53.433°N 55.267°E / 53.433; 55.267
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Bashkortostan
EstablishedAugust 20, 1930 (first);
March 3, 1964 (second)
Administrative centerSterlibashevo
Area
  Total
1,609 km2 (621 sq mi)
Population
  Total
20,217
  Estimate 
(2018)
17,911 (−11.4%)
  Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions15 Selsoviets
  Inhabited localities69 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asSterlibashevsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions0 urban settlements, 15 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 )
OKTMO ID80648000
Websitehttp://www.admsterlibash.ru
Population of Sterlibashevsky District
2010 Census20,217
2002 Census22,007
1989 Census21,599
1979 Census26,573

Sterlibashevsky District (Russian: Стерлиба́шевский райо́н; Bashkir and Tatar: Стәрлебаш районы, Stärlebaş rayonı) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic and borders with Miyakinsky District in the north, Sterlitamaksky District in the northeast and east, Meleuzovsky District in the southeast, Fyodorovsky District in the south, and with Orenburg Oblast in the west. The area of the district is 1,609 square kilometers (621 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Sterlibashevo. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 20,217, with the population of Sterlibashevo accounting for 29.3% of that number.