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]

Kovylkinsky District Ковылкинский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Moksha	Лашмонь район
• Erzya	Ковёлбуе
Monument to Unknown Soldier, Kovylkinsky District
Coat of arms
Location of Kovylkinsky District in the Republic of Mordovia
Coordinates: 54°02′N 43°55′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Mordovia[1]
Established	16 July 1928
Administrative center	Kovylkino[2]
Area [3]
• Total	2,013 km2 (777 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	22,523
• Estimate  (2018)[5]	38,280 (+70%)
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	21 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[2]	106 Rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Kovylkinsky Municipal District[6]
• Municipal divisions[6]	1 Urban settlements, 21 Rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [7])
OKTMO ID	89629000
Website	http://www.kovilkino13.ru

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

Sources

• Конституционное собрание Республики Мордовия. 21 сентября 1995 г. «Конституция Республики Мордовия (текст в ред. от 15 марта 2011 г.)», в ред. Закона №62-З от 3 сентября 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в статьи 71 и 94 Конституции Республики Мордовия». Вступил в силу 22 сентября 1995 г. Опубликован: "Известия Мордовии", №180, 22 сентября 1995 г. (Constitutional Assembly of the Republic of Mordovia. September 21, 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Mordovia (text of rev. of March 15, 2011), as amended by the Law #62-Z of September 3, 2015 On Amending Articles 71 and 94 of the Constitution of the Republic of Mordovia. Effective as of September 22, 1995.).
• Государственное Собрание Республики Мордовия. Закон №7-З от 23 марта 1998 г. «О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Республики Мордовия», в ред. Закона №44-З от 15 июня 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в пункт 25 Приложения к Закону Республики Мордовия "О порядке решения вопросов административно-территориального устройства Республики Мордовия"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Известия Мордовии", №54, 25 марта 1998 г. (State Assembly of the Republic of Mordovia. Law #7-Z of March 23, 1998 On the Procedures of the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Mordovia, as amended by the Law #44-Z of June 15, 2015 On Amending Item 25 of the Appendix to the Law of the Republic of Mordovia "On the Procedures of the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Mordovia". Effective as of the official publication date.).
• Государственное Собрание Республики Мордовия. Закон №13-З от 7 февраля 2005 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Ковылкинского муниципального района, Ковылкинского муниципального района и наделении их статусом сельского поселения, городского поселения и муниципального района», в ред. Закона №22-З от 12 марта 2010 г «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Мордовия "Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Ковылкинского муниципального района, Ковылкинского муниципального района и наделении их статусом сельского поселения, городского поселения и муниципального района"». Вступил в силу по истечении 10 дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Известия Мордовии", №22-2, 16 февраля 2005 г. (State Assembly of the Republic of Mordovia. Law #13-Z of February 7, 2005 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of Kovylkinsky Municipal District, of Kovylkinsky Municipal District, and on Granting Them the Status of a Rural Settlement, Urban Settlement, and Municipal District, as amended by the Law #22-Z of March 12, 2010 On Amending the Law of the Republic of Mordovia "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of Kovylkinsky Municipal District, of Kovylkinsky Municipal District, and on Granting Them the Status of a Rural Settlement, Urban Settlement, and Municipal District". Effective as of the day which is 10 days after the day of the official publication.).

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