Ponyrovsky District
District in Kursk Oblast, Russia
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Ponyrovsky District (Russian: Поныро́вский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-eight in Kursk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 690 square kilometers (270 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Ponyri.[1] Population: 10,893 (2021 census);[7] 11,778 (2010 census);[3] 13,553 (2002 Census);[8] 15,694 (1989 Soviet census).[9] The population of Ponyri accounts for 45.1% of the district's total population.[7]
Ponyrovsky District
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War Museum in Ponyri, Ponyrovsky District | |
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 Location of Ponyrovsky District in Kursk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 52°19′N 36°18′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kursk Oblast[1] |
| Administrative center | Ponyri[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 690 km2 (270 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 11,778 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 40.7% |
| • Rural | 59.3% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Work settlements, 13 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 urban-type settlements[4], 48 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Ponyrovsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 1 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 38630000 |
| Website | http://ponirir.rkursk.ru/ |
Geography
Ponyrovsky District is located in the north central region of Kursk Oblast, on the border with Oryol Oblast. The terrain is hilly plain on the Orel-Kursk plateau of the Central Russian Upland. The district is 45 km north of the city of Kursk and 400 km southwest of Moscow. The area measures 25 km (north-south), and 35 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Ponyri.[2]
The district is bordered on the north by Oryol Oblast, on the southeast by Zolotukhinsky District, and on the west by Fatezhsky District.