Torbeyevsky District

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 Торбеевский район
District
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 [3]
• Total	1,124.9 km2 (434.3 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	21,479
• Density	19/km2 (49/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

Population of Torbeyevsky District

2010 Census	21,479[4]
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.