Beloretsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion

Raion

A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...

), one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia

Russia

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. It is located in the eastern part of the oepublic and borders with Chelyabinsk Oblast

Chelyabinsk Oblast

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 in the north, Uchalinsky District

Uchalinsky District

Uchalinsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located in the eastern part of the republic and borders with Chelyabinsk Oblast in the north, east, and south, Abzelilovsky District in the south, and Beloretsky...

 in the east, Abzelilovsky District

Abzelilovsky District

Abzelilovsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Askarovo...

 in the southeast, Burzyansky District

Burzyansky District

Burzyansky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located in the southern part of the republic and borders with Beloretsky District in the north, Abzelilovsky District in the east, Baymaksky District in the...

 in the south, Ishimbaysky District

Ishimbaysky District

Ishimbaysky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located in the south central part of the republic and borders with Gafuriysky District in the north, Beloretsky District in the northeast, Burzyansky District in...

 in the southwest, and Gafuriysky

Gafuriysky District

Gafuriysky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located in the central part of the republic and borders with Arkhangelsky District in the north, Beloretsky District in the east, Ishimbaysky District in the...

 and Arkhangelsky District

Arkhangelsky District

Arkhangelsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Arkhangelskoye...

s in the west. The area of the district is 11305.13 square kilometres (4,364.9 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Beloretsk

Beloretsk

Beloretsk is a town in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, situated on the Belaya River, from Ufa. The town serves as and the administrative center of Beloretsky District, although it is not administratively a part of it...

 (which is not administratively a part of the district). District's population: 29,087 (2002 Census

Russian Census (2002)

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);

The district was established in 1930.