Fyodorovsky rajon (Saratov)

Rajon Fyodorovsky rajon (Saratov) Фёдоровский район coat of arms Federal district Volga Oblast Saratov Administrative center Mokrous (urban-type settlement) surface 2,521.45  km² population 20,876 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 8.3 inhabitants / km² Boroughs 1 Cities / SsT 0/1 Rural communities / villages 14/29 Time zone UTC + 4 Telephone code (+7) 84565 Postcodes 413400-413429 License Plate 64, 164 OKATO 63 248 OKTMO 63 648 Geographical location of the administrative center Coordinates 51 ° 14 '  N , 47 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 14 '  N , 47 ° 31'  E Mokrous Fyodorovsky rajon (Saratov): location in Saratov Oblast Saratov Oblast within Russia

The Fjodorowski rayon ( Russian Фёдоровский район ) is a Raion in the Russian Saratov Oblast . The administrative center is the Mokrous urban-type settlement . The Rajon is named after the village and former administrative seat Fjodorowka.

geography

Geographical location

Fyodorovsky rajon is located in the southeastern part of Saratov Oblast , about 250 kilometers east of the city of Saratov . The Rajon is located east of the Volga in the steppe at the western end of the Caspian Depression . In the northeast of the Rajon is the source of the Great Karaman , which crosses the Rajon in a westerly direction to the Volga.

Neighboring rajons

Marxowski rajon	Marxowski rajon	Jerschowski rajon
Sowetski rajon		Jerschowski rajon
Krasnokutski rajon	Piterski rajon	Jerschowski rajon

structure

The Rajon is divided into a city municipality and 14 rural municipalities with a total of 29 localities. A significant proportion of the population is of Ukrainian and Kazakh origin. The largest settlements are (as of 2006) :

• Mokrous 6797 inhabitants (administrative center)
• Dolina (Долина) 1700 inhabitants
• Jeruslan (Еруслан) 1400 inhabitants
• Munino (Мунино) 1110 inhabitants
• Pervomaiskoye (Первомайское) 1,200 inhabitants
• Spartak (Спартак) 1,120 inhabitants

economy

In the Rajon there are large deposits of oil , which have already been explored and developed.

The main industry is agriculture, which focuses on growing cereals and sunflowers as well as dairy farming. Outside of this branch there are only smaller companies, mostly from the retail and food processing sectors.

Attractions

In Borisoglebowka there is an Orthodox church from the 19th century.

Web links

• Homepage of the Fyodorovsky rajon
• Information from the Oblast on Fyodorovsky rajon
• Statistical data of Saratov Oblast

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)