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Starokulatkinsky District

human settlement in Russia

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Source revisionOct 5, 2025
Entity authorityQ2426240 ↗
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Starokulatkinsky District (Russian: Старокула́ткинский райо́н; Tatar: Иске Кулаткы районы) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,178 square kilometers (455 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Staraya Kulatka. Population: 14,731 (2010 Census); 17,505 (2002 census); 19,370 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Staraya Kulatka accounts for 38.6% of the district's total population.

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Законодательное Собрание Ульяновской области. Закон №126-ЗО от 3 октября 2006 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ульяновской области», в ред. Закона №225-ЗО от 29 декабря 2014 г.

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