Klepikovsky District
District in Ryazan Oblast, Russia
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Klepikovsky District (Russian: Клепико́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,235 square kilometers (1,249 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Spas-Klepiki.[2] Population: 25,476 (2010 Census);[4] 29,391 (2002 census);[8] 34,766 (1989 Soviet census).[9] The population of Spas-Klepiki accounts for 23.2% of the district's total population.[4]
Klepikovsky District
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Entrance to Meshchyora National Park in Klepikovsky District | |
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 Location of Klepikovsky District in Ryazan Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 55°08′N 40°10′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Ryazan Oblast[1] |
| Established | 12 July 1929 |
| Administrative center | Spas-Klepiki[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,235 km2 (1,249 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 25,476 |
| • Density | 7.875/km2 (20.40/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 47.4% |
| • Rural | 52.6% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Towns of district significance, 1 Work settlements, 23 Rural okrugs |
| • Inhabited localities[2] | 1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements[5], 273 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Klepikovsky Municipal District[6] |
| • Municipal divisions[6] | 2 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [7]) |
| OKTMO ID | 61610000 |
| Website | http://xn--80adimbgbbcbg7aggfxn.xn--p1ai/ |
Economy and transportation
The Mesherskoye peat narrow gauge railway serves a peat factory which became operational in 2013.
Notable residents
- Abram Arkhipov (1862–1930), realist artist, born in the village of Yegorovo