Dubyonsky District, Republic of Mordovia
District in Republic of Mordovia, Russia
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Dubyonsky District (Russian: Дубёнский райо́н; Erzya: Тумобуе, Tumobuje; Moksha: Дубёнкань аймак, Dubönkań ajmak) 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 east of the republic. The area of the district is 896.9 square kilometers (346.3 sq mi).[4] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Dubyonki.[3] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 13,851, with the population of Dubyonki accounting for 24.0 % of that number.[5]
Dubyonsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Erzya | Тумобуе |
| • Moksha | Дубёнкань аймак |
Winter landscape in Dubyonsky District | |
 Location of Dubyonsky District in the Republic of Mordovia | |
| Coordinates: 54°26′N 46°18′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Mordovia[1] |
| Established | 16 July 1928 [2] |
| Administrative center | Dubyonki[3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 896.9 km2 (346.3 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 13,851 |
| • Density | 15.44/km2 (40.00/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 16 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[3] | 29 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Dubyonsky Municipal District[6] |
| • Municipal divisions[6] | 0 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [7]) |
| OKTMO ID | 89616000 |
| Website | http://dubenki.e-mordovia.ru |
| 2010 Census | 13,851[5] |
|---|---|
| 2002 Census | 16,366[8] |
| 1989 Census | 18,571[9] |
| 1979 Census | 20,978[10] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dubyonsky District is one of the twenty-two in the republic.[1] The district is divided into sixteen selsoviets which comprise twenty-nine rural localities.[3] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Dubyonsky Municipal District.[6] Its sixteen selsoviets are incorporated into sixteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[6] The selo of Dubyonki serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[3] and municipal[6] district.
Notable people
- Evgeny Vladimirovich Chetvergov (born 1934), Erzya writer[11]
- Maksim Purkayev (1894 - 1953), Soviet General