Saratovsky District
The Saratowski rayon (Russian Саратовский район ) is a raion in Russia's Saratov Oblast. The administrative center is the district-free city of Saratov, which is also the capital of the Saratov Oblast.
- 3.1 Economics
- 3.2 traffic
Geography and Nature
Geographical location
The Saratowski rayon is centrally located in the Saratov Oblast and surrounds the city of Saratov semicircular. The Rajon located on the western bank of the Volga River in the mountain ranges of the Volga plate. The slopes of the hills are heavily wooded.
Neighboring communities
Structure
The Rajon divided into two townships to urban-type settlements and ten rural communities with a total of 77 villages. The largest villages (as of 2006) within the raion are:
- Sokolowy ( Соколовый ) 6,518 inhabitants ( urban-type settlement )
- Krasny Oktjabr ( Красный Октябрь ) 3,335 inhabitants ( urban-type settlement )
- Krasny Tekstilschtschik ( Красный Текстильщик ) 3,342 inhabitants ( settlement, by 2012 urban-type settlement )
- Alexandrovka ( Александровка )
- Dybki ( Дубки ) 3,780 inhabitants
- Raskowo ( Расково ) 1,930 inhabitants
- Tarchany ( Тарханы )
The administrative center of the Rajons, the city of Saratov ( Саратов ) with over 800,000 inhabitants, does not belong even to Rajon, secretes forms a separate urban district.
Economy and infrastructure
Economy
In Rajon there are different natural resources that are developed. This affects the production of oil, natural gas and various building materials. There are companies from the textile industry and steel industry.
Agriculture focuses on intensive livestock farming, poultry farming and the cultivation of cereals, sunflower and various vegetables and fruits.
Traffic
Several railway lines cross the Rajon: