# Rakityansky District

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**Rakityansky District** (Russian: Ракитя́нский райо́н) is an administrative district ([raion](/source/Raion)), one of the [twenty-one](/source/Administrative_divisions_of_Belgorod_Oblast) in [Belgorod Oblast](/source/Belgorod_Oblast), [Russia](/source/Russia).[1] As a [municipal division](/source/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Municipal_divisions), it is incorporated as **Rakityansky Municipal District**.[2] It is located in the west of the [oblast](/source/Oblast). The area of the district is 900.9 square kilometers (347.8 sq mi).[3] Its [administrative center](/source/Administrative_center) is the [urban locality](/source/Types_of_inhabited_localities_in_Russia) (a [work settlement](/source/Urban-type_settlement)) of [Rakitnoye](/source/Rakitnoye,_Belgorod_Oblast).[4] Population: 35,031 ([2002 Census](/source/Russian_Census_(2002)));[5] The population of Rakitnoye accounts for 30.2% of the district's total population.[6]

## References

### Notes

1. Law #248

1. Law #159

1. ["General Information"](http://www.rakitnoeadm.ru/o_raione) (in russian). Rakityansky District. Retrieved January 10, 2017.

1. Resolution #33

1. 2021Census

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