Ryazansky District
Рязанский район | |
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Coordinates: 54°36′N 39°42′E / 54.600°N 39.700°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Ryazan Oblast[1] |
Established | 12 July 1929 |
Administrative center | Ryazan[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,170 km2 (840 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 56,869 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 58,748 (+3.3%) |
• Density | 26/km2 (68/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 35 rural okrug |
• Inhabited localities[2] | 178 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Ryazansky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 21 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
OKTMO ID | 61634000 |
Website | http://www.rzraion.ru/ |
Ryazansky District (Russian: Ряза́нский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,170 square kilometers (840 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the city of Ryazan[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 56,869 (2010 Census);[3] 56,836 (2002 Census);[7] 74,721 (1989 Census).[8]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ryazansky District is one of the twenty-five in the oblast.[1] The city of Ryazan serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ryazansky Municipal District.[5] The city of oblast significance of Ryazan is incorporated separately from the district as Ryazan Urban Okrug.[9]
The Solotchinskoye peat narrow gauge railway serves a peat factory which became operational in 2010.