Yermekeyevsky District

Yermekeyevsky District
Ермекеевский район
Other transcription(s)
  BashkirЙәрмәкәй районы
Sharlama, Yermekeyevsky District
Location of Yermekeyevsky District in the Republic of Bashkortostan
Coordinates: 54°05′N 53°40′E / 54.083°N 53.667°E / 54.083; 53.667
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Bashkortostan
EstablishedJanuary 31, 1935
Administrative centerYermekeyevo
Area
  Total
1,437 km2 (555 sq mi)
Population
  Total
17,162
  Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions13 Selsoviets
  Inhabited localities51 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asYermekeyevsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions0 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 )
OKTMO ID80625000
Websitehttp://www.ermekeevo-rb.ru
Population of Yermekeyevsky District
2010 Census17,162
2002 Census18,205
1989 Census18,182
1979 Census22,435

Yermekeyevsky District (Russian: Ермеке́евский райо́н; Bashkir: Йәрмәкәй районы, Yärmäkäy rayonı; Tatar: Ярмәкәй районы, Yarmäkäy rayonı) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic and borders with Tuymazinsky District in the north, Belebeyevsky District in the east, Bizhbulyaksky District in the southeast, and with Orenburg Oblast and the Republic of Tatarstan in the west. The area of the district is 1,437 square kilometers (555 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Yermekeyevo. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 17,162, with the population of Yermekeyevo accounting for 22.9% of that number.