Bekovsky District (russian: Бе́ковский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #774-ZPO] and municipal
[Law #690-ZPO] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-seven in
Penza Oblast
Penza Oblast (russian: Пе́нзенская о́бласть, ''Penzenskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Penza. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,386,186.
Geogr ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the southwest of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
[Official website of Bekovsky District]
About the District
Its
administrative center
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is the
urban locality (a
work settlement) of
Bekovo Bekovo (russian: Беково) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
;Urban localities
*Bekovo, Penza Oblast, a work settlement in Bekovsky District of Penza Oblast
;Rural localities
* Bekovo, Kemerovo Oblast, a '' selo'' in Be ...
.
As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 17,531, with the population of Bekovo accounting for 39.6% of that number.
History
The district was established in 1928.
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of Penza Oblast
States and territories established in 1928
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