Kovylkinsky District

Kovylkinsky District (Russian: Ковы́лкинский райо́н; Moksha: Лашмонь аймак, Lašmoń ajmak; Erzya: Ковёлбуе, Kovölbuje) 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 south of the republic. The area of the district is 2,013 square kilometers (777 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Kovylkino (which is not administratively a part of the district).[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 22,523.[4]

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Kovylkinsky District Ковылкинский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Moksha	Лашмонь район
• Erzya	Ковёлбуе
Monument to Unknown Soldier, Kovylkinsky District
Coat of arms
Location of Kovylkinsky District in the Republic of Mordovia
Coordinates: 54°02′N 43°55′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Mordovia[1]
Established	16 July 1928
Administrative center	Kovylkino[2]
Area [3]
• Total	2,013 km2 (777 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	22,523
• Estimate  (2018)[5]	38,280 (+70%)
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	21 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[2]	106 Rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Kovylkinsky Municipal District[6]
• Municipal divisions[6]	1 Urban settlements, 21 Rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [7])
OKTMO ID	89629000
Website	http://www.kovilkino13.ru