Within the framework of administrative divisions, Blagoveshchensky District is one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan.[1] It is divided into fifteen selsoviets, comprising ninety-nine rural localities.[6] The town of Blagoveshchensk serves as its administrative center,[3] despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[6]