Penzensky District
District in Penza Oblast, Russia
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Penzensky District (Russian: Пе́нзенский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,823.8 square kilometers (1,090.3 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kondol.[1] Population: 51,308 (2010 Census);[3] 41,318 (2002 census);[7] 41,323 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Kondol accounts for 6.5% of the district's total population.[3]
Penzensky District
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Arbekovsky Forest, Penzensky District | |
![]() Location of Penzensky District in Penza Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 52°48′56″N 45°03′05″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Penza Oblast[1] |
| Established | 16 July 1928 |
| Administrative center | Kondol[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,823.8 km2 (1,090.3 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 51,308 |
| • Density | 18.170/km2 (47.060/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5.1% |
| • Rural | 94.9% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Work settlements, 17 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 urban-type settlements[4], 111 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Penzensky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 1 urban settlements, 17 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 56655000 |
| Website | http://rpenz.pnzreg.ru/ |
Notable residents
- Vyacheslav Gladkov (born 1969), politician, born in the village of Kuchki
- Ivan Mosjoukine (1889–1939), silent film actor, born in Kondol
