Editing Samara (section)

==Governance==
===Administrative and municipal status===
{{See also|Administrative divisions of Samara}}
Samara is the [[Administrative centre|administrative center]] of the [[oblast]]<ref name="Ref278">Charter of Samara Oblast</ref> and, within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], it also serves as the administrative center of [[Volzhsky District, Samara Oblast|Volzhsky District]],<ref name="OKATO">{{OKATO reference|36 214}}</ref> even though it is not a part of it.<ref name="OKATO2">{{OKATO reference|36 401}}</ref> As an administrative division, it is, together with two [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|rural localities]], incorporated separately as the '''[[city of federal subject significance|city of oblast significance]] of Samara'''—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the [[administrative divisions of Samara Oblast|districts]].<ref name="Ref278" /> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the city of oblast significance of Samara is incorporated as '''Samara Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="Ref1560">Law #23-GD</ref> In April 2015, Samara's nine city districts were granted municipal status.<ref name="Ref1560" />