Editing Irkutsk (section)

==Administrative and municipal status==
Irkutsk is the [[administrative center]] of the [[oblast]] and, within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], it also serves as the administrative center of [[Irkutsky District]],<ref name="Ref40">Law #49-OZ</ref> even though it is not a part of it.{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the '''[[City of federal subject significance|City]] of Irkutsk'''<ref name="IrkutskO_charter">Charter of Irkutsk Oblast</ref>—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the [[administrative divisions of Irkutsk Oblast|districts]].{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} As a [[Municipal divisions of Russia|municipal division]], the City of Irkutsk is incorporated as '''Irkutsk Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="Ref659">Law #88-oz</ref>