Editing Barnaul (section)

== Administrative and municipal status ==
Barnaul is the [[administrative centre]] of the krai.<ref name="AdmCtr">Charter of Altai Krai, Article&nbsp;6</ref> Within the [[subdivisions of Russia#Administrative divisions|framework of administrative divisions]], it is, together with the [[urban-type settlement|work settlement]] of [[Yuzhny, Barnaul, Altai Krai|Yuzhny]] and twenty-four [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|rural localities]], incorporated as the '''[[city of federal subject significance|city of krai significance]] of Barnaul''' – an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the [[administrative divisions of Altai Krai|districts]].<ref name="AltaiK_adm">Law #28-ZS</ref> As a [[subdivisions of Russia#Municipal divisions|municipal division]], the city of krai significance of Barnaul is incorporated as '''Barnaul Urban Okrug'''.<ref name="AltaiKBarnaul_mun">Law #144-ZS</ref>