Kovylkinsky District
Ковылкинский район
District
Other transcription(s)
 • MokshaЛашмонь район
 • ErzyaКовёлбуе
Monument to Unknown Soldier, Kovylkinsky District
Monument to Unknown Soldier, Kovylkinsky District
Coat of arms of Kovylkinsky District
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Kovylkinsky District in the Republic of Mordovia
Coordinates: 54°02′N 43°55′E / 54.033°N 43.917°E / 54.033; 43.917
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Mordovia[1]
Established16 July 1928Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerKovylkino[2]
Area
[3]
 • Total2,013 km2 (777 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[4]
 • Total22,523
 • Estimate 
(2018)[5]
38,280 (+70%)
 • Density11/km2 (29/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions21 Selsoviets
 • Inhabited localities[2]106 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asKovylkinsky Municipal District[6]
 • Municipal divisions[6]1 urban settlements, 21 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[7])
OKTMO ID89629000
Websitehttp://www.kovilkino13.ru
Population of Kovylkinsky District
2010 Census22,523[4]
2002 Census25,488[8]
1989 Census33,488[9]
1979 Census47,727[10]

Kovylkinsky District (Russian: Ковы́лкинский райо́н; Moksha: Лашмонь аймак, Lašmoń ajmak; Erzya: Ковёлбуе, Kovölbuje) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the twenty-two in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 2,013 square kilometers (777 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Kovylkino (which is not administratively a part of the district).[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 22,523.[4]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kovylkinsky District is one of the twenty-two in the republic.[2] The district is divided into 21 selsoviets which comprise 106 rural localities.[2] The town of Kovylkino serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[2]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kovylkinsky Municipal District, with the town of republic significance of Kovylkino being incorporated within it as Kovylkino Urban Settlement.[6] Its twenty-one selsoviets are incorporated as twenty-one rural settlements within the municipal district.[6] The town of Kovylkino serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.[6]

Notable people

Soviet/Russian artist Fedot Sychkov was born in 1870 in the territory of modern Kovylkinsky District, in the selo of Kochelayevo. Sychkov museum was opened in 1970.

Footballer Mikhail Markin was born in 1993 in Kovylkino.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b Constitution of the Republic of Mordovia, Article 63
  2. ^ a b c d e f Law #7-Z
  3. ^ a b "General Information" (in Russian). Kovylkinsky District. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  5. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Law #13-Z
  7. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  9. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  10. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.

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