Tambovsky District, Tambov Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Tambovsky District.

Tambovsky District (Russian: Тамбо́вский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The district borders with Sosnovsky District in the north, Rasskazovsky District in the east, Znamensky District in the south, and with Nikiforovsky District in the west. The area of the district is 2,632 square kilometers (1,016 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the city of Tambov (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[1] Population: 102,786 (2010 Census);^[3] 102,018 (2002 Census);^[7] 80,793 (1989 Soviet census).^[8]

Tambovsky District Тамбовский район
District
Tree of Love, Tambovsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Tambovsky District in Tambov Oblast
Coordinates: 52°43′N 41°25′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Tambov Oblast[1]
Established	16 June 1928
Administrative center	Tambov[1]
Area [2]
• Total	2,632 km2 (1,016 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	102,786
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
• Urban	5.1%
• Rural	94.9%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Settlement councils, 25 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[1]	1 urban-type settlements[4], 136 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Tambovsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	1 urban settlements, 25 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
OKTMO ID	68640000
Website	http://r00.tambov.gov.ru/

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tambovsky District is one of the twenty-three in the oblast.^[1] The city of Tambov serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city 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 Tambovsky Municipal District.^[5] The city of oblast significance of Tambov is incorporated separately from the district as Tambov Urban Okrug.^[5]