Volovsky District, Tula Oblast
District in Tula Oblast, Russia
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Volovsky District (Russian: Воло́вский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Volovsky Municipal District.[4] It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,080 square kilometers (420 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Volovo.[1] Population: 13,596 (2010 Census);[3] 15,957 (2002 census);[7] 18,419 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Volovo accounts for 28.3% of the district's total population.[3]
Volovsky District
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Village Nikitskoye, Volovsky District | |
![]() Location of Volovsky District in Tula Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 53°33′20″N 38°01′20″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Tula Oblast[1] |
| Established | 13 May 1924 |
| Administrative center | Volovo[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,080 km2 (420 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 13,596 |
| • Density | 12.6/km2 (32.6/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 28.3% |
| • Rural | 71.7% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban-type settlements, 12 Rural okrugs |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 1 urban-type settlements[5], 118 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Volovsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 1 urban settlements, 2 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 70616000 |
| Website | http://volovo.tularegion.ru/ |
