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Ryazansky District, Ryazan Oblast

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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]

CountryRussia
Established12 July 1929Edit this on Wikidata
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Ryazansky District
Рязанский район (Russian)
Panorama Lake, Ryazansky District
Panorama Lake, Ryazansky District
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Coat of arms of Ryazansky District
Location of Ryazansky District in Ryazan Oblast
Coordinates: 54°36′N 39°42′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRyazan Oblast[1]
Established12 July 1929Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerRyazan[2]
Area
  Total
2,170 km2 (840 sq mi)
Population
  Total
56,869
  Density26.2/km2 (67.9/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions35 rural okrug
  Inhabited localities[2]178 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asRyazansky Municipal District[4]
  Municipal divisions[4]0 urban settlements, 21 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
OKTMO ID61634000
Websitehttp://www.rzraion.ru/
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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.

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