{{Distinguish|Azovsky Nemetsky National District}}
{{Infobox Russian district |en_name=Azovsky District |ru_name=Азовский район |image_map={{Russia district OSM map}} |map_caption=Location of Azovsky District in Rostov Oblast |image_view=Don River Russia - panoramio.jpg |image_caption=Don River in Winter, Azovsky District |coordinates = {{coord|47|06|N|39|25|E|type:adm2nd_region:RU|display=inline,title}} |image_flag=Flag of Azovsky rayon (Rostov oblast).svg |image_coa=Coat of Arms of Azov rayon (Rostov oblast).svg |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=[[Rostov Oblast]] |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="RostovO_adm" /> |adm_ctr_name=[[Azov]] |adm_ctr_ref=<ref name="RostovO_adm" /> |selsoviet_type1=rural settlement |no_of_selsoviets_type1=18 |no_of_rural_localities=99 |counts_ref=<ref name="RostovO_adm" /> |mun_formation1=Azovsky Municipal District |mun_formation1_ref=<ref name="RostovOAzovskyD_mun" /> |mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements=0 |mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements=18 |mun_formation1_counts_ref=<ref name="RostovOAzovskyD_mun" /> |mun_formation1_leader_title= |mun_formation1_leader_title_ref= |mun_formation1_leader_name= |mun_formation1_leader_name_ref= |mun_formation1_representative_body= |mun_formation1_representative_body_ref= |area_km2=2862 |area_km2_ref=<ref name="about"/> |pop_2010census=93579 |urban_pop_2010census=0% |rural_pop_2010census=100% |pop_2010census_ref=<ref name="2010Census" /> |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date= |established_date_ref= |website=http://www.rayon.azov-info.ru/ }} '''Azovsky District''' ({{langx|ru|Азо́вский райо́н}}) is an administrative<ref name="RostovO_adm">Law #340-ZS</ref> and municipal<ref name="RostovOAzovskyD_mun">Law #239-ZS</ref> district ([[raion]]), one of the [[administrative divisions of Rostov Oblast|forty-three]] in [[Rostov Oblast]], [[Russia]]. It is located in the southwest of the [[oblast]].<!-- and borders with [[ District]] in the north, [[ District]] in the east, [[ District]] in the south, and with [[ District]] in the west.--> The area of the district is {{convert|2862|km2|sp=us}}.<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=General Information|url=http://www.rayon.azov-info.ru/about.html|publisher=Azovsky District|language=russian|access-date=May 15, 2017}}</ref> Its [[administrative center]] is the [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|town]] of [[Azov]] (which is not administratively a part of the district).<ref name="RostovO_adm" /> Population: 93,579 ([[Russian Census (2010)|2010 Census]]);<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> {{ru-census|p2002=92,568|p1989=83,393}}
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], Azovsky District is one of the [[administrative divisions of Rostov Oblast|forty-three]] in the oblast.<ref name="RostovO_adm" /> The town of [[Azov]] serves as its [[administrative center]], despite being incorporated separately as an [[city of federal subject significance|urban okrug]]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.<ref name="RostovO_adm" />
As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the district is incorporated as '''Azovsky Municipal District'''.<ref name="RostovOAzovskyD_mun" /> Azov Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.<ref name="RostovOAzov_mun">Law #234-ZS</ref>
==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|ros|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|ros|mun|list|azovsky}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|ros|mun|list|azov}}
{{Rostov Oblast}} {{Authority control}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2012}} __NOTOC__
[[Category:Districts of Rostov Oblast]]