Mechetlinsky District
municipal district in Russia
Mechetlinsky District (Russian: Мечетли́нский райо́н; Bashkir: Мәсетле районы, Mäsetle 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 with Sverdlovsk Oblast in the north, Belokataysky District in the east, Kiginsky District in the southeast, and with Duvansky District in the south and west. The area of the district is 1,556.67 square kilometers (601.03 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Bolsheustyikinskoye. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 25,032, with the population of Bolsheustyikinskoye accounting for 31.3% of that number.
History
The district was established on August 20, 1930.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Mechetlinsky District is one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The district is divided into twelve selsoviets, comprising forty-nine rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Mechetlinsky Municipal District. Its twelve selsoviets are incorporated as twelve rural settlements within the municipal district.
“Mechetlinsky District” enters the record as municipal district in Russia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mechetlinsky, District and municipal can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q730998. VIAF identifies the subject as 307425357. The Library of Congress control number is n2014004552. Authority coordinates are 55.945, 58.268. 3 of 7 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010 and 1930.
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