Ardatovsky District
Ардатовский район | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Erzya | Орданьбуе |
• Moksha | Ардатовань аймак |
Coordinates: 54°51′N 46°14′E / 54.850°N 46.233°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Republic of Mordovia[1] |
Established | 16 July 1928 |
Administrative center | Ardatov[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,192.5 km2 (460.4 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 29,446 |
• Estimate (2018)[5] | 25,192 (−14.4%) |
• Density | 25/km2 (64/sq mi) |
• Urban | 49.8% |
• Rural | 50.2% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Towns of district significance, 1 Work settlements, 21 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[2] | 1 cities/towns, 1 Urban-type settlements[6], 54 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Ardatovsky Municipal District[7] |
• Municipal divisions[7] | 2 urban settlements, 21 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [8]) |
OKTMO ID | 89603000 |
Website | https://ardatov-rm.ru/ |
2010 Census | 29,446[4] |
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2002 Census | 31,565[9] |
1989 Census | 36,210[10] |
1979 Census | 41,384[11] |
Ardatovsky District (Russian: Арда́товский райо́н; Erzya: Орданьбуе Ordańbuje; Moksha: Ардатовань аймак, Ardatovań ajmak) is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion), one of the twenty-two in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 1,192.5 square kilometers (460.4 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Ardatov.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 29,446, with the population of Ardatov accounting for 31.9% of that number.[4]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ardatovsky District is one of the twenty-two in the republic.[1] It is divided into one town of district significance (Ardatov), one work settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the work settlement (inhabited locality) of Turgenevo), and twenty-one selsoviets, all of which comprise fifty-four rural localities.[2] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ardatovsky Municipal District.[7] The town of district significance of Ardatov and Turgenevo Work Settlement are incorporated into two urban settlements, and the twenty-one selsoviets are incorporated into twenty-one rural settlements within the municipal district.[7] The town of Ardatov serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[2] and municipal[7] district.
See also: Ardatov (town), Republic of Mordovia § Notable people |