Horticulture and cattle breeding). Each district has 2-3 vegetable farms, 4-5 dairy and meat farms, 2 poultry farms, 4 pig farms, 4 sheep farms and 1 specialized farm for breeding Romanovsky cattle. Specialization of the agricultural sector of Saratov region is connected with its geographical location. Saratov district is situated in the west of Saratov region. The territory occupies an area of 82 thousand hectares. It stretches from north to south within the Saratov and Kamyshin regions. The climate is temperate continental. Average annual temperature is +7 degrees, sunshine duration is 2200 hours. This makes it possible to grow crops on an area of more than 990 thousand hectares. The length of the district center from the north, east and west is about 15 km, the total length of roads with hard surface is 13 km. There are railroads and highways of federal, regional and intermunicipal importance in the district. The total length of railroads in the district is 105 km. Total in the district there are railway stations Balashov I, Gatchina-Baltiyskaya, Stary Oskol, Krasny Liman, Dergachi, Ivanovo, Saratov-2, Morshansk-II, Krasny Kut, Bazarny Karabulak, Aleksandrovka, Arzamas-1, Balashov. The total length of paved roads in the district is 141 km. Regional forest area accounts for 133.4 thousand hectares including 28.3 thousand hectares covered with forest. The Region includes 12 rural settlements: there are 12 rural settlements in the Saratov Region, the biggest of them are as follows: The largest in terms of population are as follows: The administrative body of the Saratov Municipal Area is headed by the Chief Administrative Officer, appointed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the Region. The Saratov Municipal Area Administrative Office is a legal entity, has a coat-of-arms seal with the image of the regional emblem, letterheads bearing the name and symbols of the regional administrative body. The Head of the Saratov Regional Municipal Entity Administration is Alexander Nikulin. The Charter of the Saratov district municipality Balashov was approved by the Council of Deputies of the Saratov rural district on November 18, 2012. Saratov urban settlement – the head of the administration was approved by the decision of the Council of Saratov Urban Settlement of March 25, 2013.