Gubkinsky District

Gubkinsky District (Russian: Гу́бкинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Russia.

[7] The district was established on January 12, 1965.

[citation needed] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gubkinsky District is one of the twenty-one in the oblast.

[1] The town of Gubkin serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

[1] As a municipal division, the territory of the district and the territory of the town of oblast significance of Gubkin are incorporated together as Gubkinsky Urban Okrug.