Melekessky District
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|ru_name=Мелекесский район
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|map_caption=Location of Melekessky District in Ulyanovsk Oblast
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|federal_subject=Ulyanovsk Oblast
|adm_data_as_of=July 2012
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|adm_ctr_name=Dimitrovgrad
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|no_of_urban-type_settlements_of_district_significance=2
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|no_of_selsoviets_type1=6
|no_of_urban-type_settlements=2
|no_of_rural_localities=53
|mun_data_as_of=July 2012
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|area_km2=3472.3
|pop_2010census=36718
|urban_pop_2010census=33.0%
|rural_pop_2010census=67.0%
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Melekessky District ({{langx|ru|Мелеке́сский райо́н}}) is an administrativeLaw #126-ZO and municipalLaw #043-ZO district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is {{convert|3472.3|km2|sp=us}}.{{cite web|title=General Information|url=http://adm-melekess.ru/o-melekesskom-raione/geografija|publisher=Melekessky District|language=russian|access-date=January 21, 2017}} Its administrative center is the city of Dimitrovgrad (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 36,718 (2010 Census);{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}} {{ru-census|p2002=40,272|p1989=42,023}}
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Melekessky District is one of the twenty-one in the oblast. The city of Dimitrovgrad serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Melekessky Municipal District. The city of oblast significance of Dimitrovgrad is incorporated separately from the district as Dimitrovgrad Urban Okrug.
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Category:Districts of Ulyanovsk Oblast
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