Ryazansky District, Ryazan Oblast
District in Ryazan Oblast, Russia
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Ryazansky District (Russian: Ряза́нский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,170 square kilometers (840 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the city of Ryazan[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 56,869 (2010 Census);[3] 56,836 (2002 census);[6] 74,721 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
Ryazansky District
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Panorama Lake, Ryazansky District | |
![]() Location of Ryazansky District in Ryazan Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 54°36′N 39°42′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Ryazan Oblast[1] |
| Established | 12 July 1929 |
| Administrative center | Ryazan[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,170 km2 (840 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 56,869 |
| • Density | 26.2/km2 (67.9/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 35 rural okrug |
| • Inhabited localities[2] | 178 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Ryazansky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 21 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 61634000 |
| Website | http://www.rzraion.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ryazansky District is one of the twenty-five in the oblast.[1] The city of Ryazan serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ryazansky Municipal District.[4] The city of oblast significance of Ryazan is incorporated separately from the district as Ryazan Urban Okrug.[8]
Economy and transportation
The Solotchinskoye peat narrow gauge railway serves a peat factory which became operational in 2010.
