Within the framework of administrative divisions, Baltachevsky District is one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan.[1] The district is divided into fifteen selsoviets, comprising seventy-nine rural localities.[6] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Baltachevsky Municipal District.[3] Its fifteen selsoviets are incorporated as fifteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[7] The selo of Starobaltachevo serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[4] and municipal[7] district.