This is a list of units of administrative division of the Republic of Tatarstan, a federal subject of Russia.
Tatarstan is located in the center of the East European Plain, between the Volga and the Kama Rivers, stretching east towards the Ural Mountains. It was originally established as the Tatar ASSR within the Russian SFSR on May 27, 1920 from Kazansky, Chistopolsky, Mamadyshsky, Sviyazhsky, Tetyushinsky, Laishevsky, and Spassky Uyezds of the former Kazan Governorate, Yelabuzhsky Uyezd of Ufa Governorate, as well as the part of Simbirsk, Samara, and Vyatka Governorates. In 1922, Yelabuga with environs was transferred to the Tatar ASSR from Vyatka Governorate.
Initially, the territory of the ASSR was divided into ten kantons - Sviyazhsk, Tetyushi, Buinsk, Spassk, Chistopol, Menzelinsk, Bugulma, Arsk, Laishevo, and Mamadysh. On the territories transferred to the Tatar ASSR in 1922, Yelabuga and Agryz kantons were established, while Chelny Kanton was separated from Menzelinsk Kanton. All kantons had roughly the same borders and the territory as the uyezds which preceded them, and preserved the division into volosts.
In the 1930s, kantons were finally abolished and replaced with forty-five districts (raions). In 1935, they were broken down into smaller units, resulting in sixty districts. By 1940, the number of districts increased to forty-three and peaked at seventy in 1944–1955. By 1957, the number of districts decreased to sixty-three.Очерки по географии Татарии. Казань, Таткнигоиздат, 1957
During the 1960s, some of the districts were merged, and their number diminished to thirty-seven. Only some of them were broken into smaller units again. The number of districts stabilized at forty-three after Atninsky District was split from Arsky District in 1990.
In 1952–1953, the Tatar ASSR was administratively divided into three oblasts—Bugulma, Chistopol, and Kazan Oblast, but due to the oblasts' small sizes they were abolished in 1954. On August 30, 1990, the Tatar ASSR became the first one to be elevated in status as a republic within the Russian SFSR, becoming the Republic of Tatarstan.
Administrative and municipal divisions
Division Structure OKATO OKTMO Urban-type settlement/district-level town*AdministrativeMunicipal Kazan (Казань) city urban okrug 92 401 92 701 ↳ Aviastroitelny (Авиастроительный) 92 401 ↳ Kirovsky (Кировский) 92 401 ↳ Moskovsky (Московский) 92 401 ↳ Novo-Savinovsky (Ново-Савиновский) 92 401 ↳ Privolzhsky (Приволжский) 92 401 ↳ Sovetsky (Советский) 92 401 ↳ Vakhitovsky (Вахитовский) 92 401 Aznakayevo (Азнакаево) city 92 403 92 602 Almetyevsk (Альметьевск) city 92 405 92 608 Bavly (Бавлы) city 92 408 92 614 Bugulma (Бугульма) city 92 410 92 617 Buinsk (Буинск) city 92 412 92 618 Yelabuga (Елабуга) city 92 415 92 626 Zainsk (Заинск) city 92 417 92 627 Zelenodolsk (Зеленодольск) city 92 420 92 628 Leninogorsk (Лениногорск) city 92 425 92 636 Naberezhnye Chelny (Набережные Челны) city urban okrug 92 430 92 730 Nizhnekamsk (Нижнекамск) city 92 435 92 644 Nurlat (Нурлат) city 92 437 92 646 Chistopol (Чистополь) city 92 440 92 659 Agryzsky (Агрызский) district 92 201 92 601 Agryz (Агрыз) town* Aznakayevsky (Азнакаевский) district 92 202 92 602 Aktyubinsky (Актюбинский) Aksubayevsky (Аксубаевский) district 92 204 92 604 Aksubayevo (Аксубаево) Aktanyshsky (Актанышский) district 92 205 92 605 Alexeyevsky (Алексеевский) district 92 206 92 606 Alexeyevskoye (Алексеевское) Alkeyevsky (Алькеевский) district 92 207 92 607 Almetyevsky (Альметьевский) district 92 208 92 608 Nizhnyaya Maktama (Нижняя Мактама) Apastovsky (Апастовский) district 92 210 92 610 Apastovo (Апастово) Arsky (Арский) district 92 212 92 612 Arsk (Арск) town* Atninsky (Атнинский) district 92 213 92 613 Bavlinsky (Бавлинский) district 92 214 92 614 Baltasinsky (Балтасинский) district 92 215 92 615 Baltasi (Балтаси) Bugulminsky (Бугульминский) district 92 217 92 617 Karabash (Карабаш) Buinsky (Буинский) district 92 218 92 618 Verkhneuslonsky (Верхнеуслонский) district 92 220 92 620 Innopolis (Иннополис) town* Vysokogorsky (Высокогорский) district 92 222 92 622 Drozhzhanovsky (Дрожжановский) district 92 224 92 624 Yelabuzhsky (Елабужский) district 92 226 92 626 Zainsky (Заинский) district 92 227 92 627 Zelenodolsky (Зеленодольский) district 92 228 92 628 Nizhniye Vyazovye (Нижние Вязовые) Vasilyevo (Васильево) Kaybitsky (Кайбицкий) district 92 229 92 629 Kamsko-Ustyinsky (Камско-Устьинский) district 92 230 92 630 Kamskoye Ustye (Камское Устье) Kuybyshevsky Zaton (Куйбышевский Затон) Tenishevo (Тенишево) Spassky (Спасский) district 92 232 92 632 Bolgar (Болгар) town* Kukmorsky (Кукморский) district 92 233 92 633 Kukmor (Кукмор) Laishevsky (Лаишевский) district 92 234 92 634 Laishevo (Лаишево) town* Leninogorsky (Лениногорский) district 92 236 92 636 Mamadyshsky (Мамадышский) district 92 238 92 638 Mamadysh (Мамадыш) town* Mendeleyevsky (Менделеевский) district 92 239 92 639 Mendeleyevsk (Менделеевск) town* Menzelinsky (Мензелинский) district 92 240 92 640 Menzelinsk (Мензелинск) town* Muslyumovsky (Муслюмовский) district 92 242 92 642 Nizhnekamsky (Нижнекамский) district 92 244 92 644 Kamskiye Polyany (Камские Поляны) Novosheshminsky (Новошешминский) district 92 245 92 645 Nurlatsky (Нурлатский) district 92 246 92 646 Pestrechinsky (Пестречинский) district 92 248 92 648 Rybno-Slobodsky (Рыбно-Слободский) district 92 250 92 650 Rybnaya Sloboda (Рыбная Слобода) Sabinsky (Сабинский) district 92 252 92 652 Bogatye Saby (Богатые Сабы) Sarmanovsky (Сармановский) district 92 253 92 653 Dzhalil (Джалиль) Yutazinsky (Ютазинский) district 92 254 92 654 Urussu (Уруссу) Tetyushsky (Тетюшский) district 92 255 92 655 Tetyushi (Тетюши) town* Tyulyachinsky (Тюлячинский) district 92 256 92 656 Tukayevsky (Тукаевский) district 92 257 92 657 Cheremshansky (Черемшанский) district 92 258 92 658 Chistopolsky (Чистопольский) district 92 259 92 659
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