Zemetchinsky District
District in Penza Oblast, Russia
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Zemetchinsky District (Russian: Земе́тчинский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,103.2 square kilometers (812.1 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Zemetchino.[1] Population: 24,674 (2010 Census);[3] 31,072 (2002 census);[7] 38,566 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Zemetchino accounts for 43.7% of the district's total population.[3]
Zemetchinsky District
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![]() Location of Zemetchinsky District in Penza Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 53°29′N 42°36′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Penza Oblast[1] |
| Established | 16 July 1928 |
| Administrative center | Zemetchino[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,103.2 km2 (812.1 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 24,674 |
| • Density | 11.732/km2 (30.385/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 43.7% |
| • Rural | 56.3% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Work settlements, 10 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 urban-type settlements[4], 63 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Zemetchinsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 1 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 56623000 |
| Website | http://rzemet.pnzreg.ru/ |
