Azovsky District (Russian: Азо́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia.
The area of the district is 2,862 square kilometers (1,105 sq mi).
[7] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Azovsky District is one of the forty-three in the oblast.
[1] The town of Azov serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
[4] Azov Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.