Atkarsky District

Atkarsky District (Атка́рский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-eight in Saratov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 2700 km2. Its administrative center is the town of Atkarsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 16,550 (2010 Census);

Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Atkarsky District is one of the thirty-eight in the oblast. The town of Atkarsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town under oblast jurisdiction—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Atkarsky Municipal District, with Atkarsk Town Under Oblast Jurisdiction being incorporated within it as Atkarsk Urban Settlement.