Starooskolsky District
Starooskolsky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-one in Belgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the city of Stary Oskol (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population:  35,063 (2002 Census);

Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Starooskolsky District is one of the twenty-one in the oblast. The city of Stary Oskol 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 territory of the district and the territory of the city of oblast significance of Stary Oskol are incorporated together as Starooskolsky Urban Okrug. References

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Districts of Belgorod Oblast