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Volokonovsky District

human settlement in Russia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ2218638 ↗
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Volokonovsky District (Russian: Волоко́новский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Volokonovsky Municipal District. It is located in the south of the oblast. Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Volokonovka. As of the 2021 Census, the total population of the district was 29,276, with the population of Volokonovka accounting for 35.6% of that number.

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Белгородская областная Дума. Закон №248 от 15 декабря 2008 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Белгородской области», в ред. Закона №213 от 4 июля 2013 г. «О внесении изменения в Закон Белгородской области "Об административно-территориальном устройстве Белгородской области"».

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