Sasovsky District
District in Ryazan Oblast, Russia
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Sasovsky District (Russian: Са́совский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,819 square kilometers (702 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Sasovo[2] (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 18,504 (2010 Census);[4] 21,012 (2002 census);[7] 26,665 (1989 Soviet census).[8]
Sasovsky District
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The Moksha River separates Sasovsky and Pitelinsky Districts | |
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 Location of Sasovsky District in Ryazan Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 54°21′N 41°55′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Ryazan Oblast[1] |
| Administrative center | Sasovo[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,819 km2 (702 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 18,504 |
| • Density | 10.17/km2 (26.35/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 27 rural okrug |
| • Inhabited localities[2] | 111 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Sasovsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 15 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 61642000 |
| Website | http://sasovora.gov62.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sasovsky District is one of the twenty-five in the oblast.[1] The town of Sasovo serves as its administrative center,[2] despite being incorporated separately as a town 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 Sasovsky Municipal District.[5] The town of oblast significance of Sasovo is incorporated separately from the district as Sasovo Urban Okrug.[9]