title: Stavropolsky District
text: # Stavropolsky District
  
  Stavropolsky District (Russian: Ставропо́льский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,662 square kilometers (1,414 sq mi). Its administrative center is the city of Tolyatti (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 54,181 (2010 Census); 45,167 (2002 Census); 40,347 (1989 Census).
  
  ## Administrative and municipal status
  
  Within the framework of administrative divisions, Stavropolsky District is one of the twenty-seven in the oblast. The city of Tolyatti serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
  
  As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Stavropolsky Municipal District. The city of oblast significance of Tolyatti is incorporated separately from the district as Tolyatti Urban Okrug.
  
  