Balakovsky District

Balakovsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the administrative divisions of [Saratov Oblast|thirty-eight] in Saratov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the types of [inhabited localities in Russia|city] of Balakovo. Population: 19,617 ;

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Balakovsky District is one of the thirty-eight in the oblast. The city of Balakovo serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city of [federal subject significance|city under oblast jurisdiction]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Balakovsky Municipal District, with Balakovo City Under Oblast Jurisdiction being incorporated within it as Balakovo Urban Settlement.