Saratovsky District (Russian: Сара́товский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-eight in Saratov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,900 square kilometers (730 sq mi). Its administrative center is the city of Saratov (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 48,105 (2010 Census); 46,233 (2002 Census); 45,252 (1989 Soviet census).

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Saratovsky District is one of the thirty-eight in the oblast. The city of Saratov serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a 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 Saratovsky Municipal District. Saratov City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated separately from the district as Saratov Urban Okrug.

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