Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bakalinsky District is one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan.[1] The district is divided into seventeen selsoviets, comprising ninety-six rural localities.[5] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Bakalinsky Municipal District.[3] Its seventeen selsoviets are incorporated as seventeen rural settlements within the municipal district.[6] The selo of Bakaly serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[4] and municipal[6] district.