Torbeyevsky District
District in Republic of Mordovia, Russia
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Torbeyevsky District (Russian: Торбе́евский райо́н; Moksha: Тарбеень аймак, Tarbejeń ajmak; Erzya: Торбейбуе, Torbejbuje) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the twenty-two in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the republic. The area of the district is 1,124.9 square kilometers (434.3 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Torbeyevo.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 21,479, with the population of Torbeyevo accounting for 43.6% of that number.[4]
Torbeyevsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Moksha | Тарбеень аймак |
| • Erzya | Торбейбуе |
Village Drakino in Torbeyevsky District | |
 Location of Torbeyevsky District in the Republic of Mordovia | |
| Coordinates: 54°04′N 43°14′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Mordovia[1] |
| Established | 16 July 1928 |
| Administrative center | Torbeyevo[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,124.9 km2 (434.3 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 21,479 |
| • Density | 19.094/km2 (49.454/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 43.6% |
| • Rural | 56.4% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Work settlements, 15 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[2] | 1 urban-type settlements[5], 53 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Torbeyevsky Municipal District[6] |
| • Municipal divisions[6] | 1 urban settlements, 15 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [7]) |
| OKTMO ID | 89654000 |
| Website | http://torbeevo.e-mordovia.ru |
| 2010 Census | 21,479[4] |
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| 2002 Census | 23,285[8] |
| 1989 Census | 26,246[9] |
| 1979 Census | 31,022[10] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Torbeyevsky District is one of the twenty-two in the republic.[1] It is divided into one work settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the work settlement (inhabited locality) of Torbeyevo), and fifteen selsoviets, all of which comprise fifty-three rural localities.[2] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Torbeyevsky Municipal District.[6] Torbeyevo Work Settlement is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the fifteen selsoviets are incorporated into fifteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[6] The work settlement of Torbeyevo serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[2] and municipal[6] district.