Chamzinsky District (russian: Ча́мзинский райо́н; myv, Чаунзабуе, ''Čaunzabuje''; mdf, Чамзинкань аймак, ''Čamzinkań ajmak'') is an administrative
[Constitution of the Republic of Mordovia, Article 63] and municipal
[Law #128-Z] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-two in the
Republic of Mordovia
The Republic of Mordovia (russian: Респу́блика Мордо́вия, r=Respublika Mordoviya, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə mɐrˈdovʲɪjə; mdf, Мордовия Республиксь, ''Mordovija Respublikś''; myv, Мордовия Рес ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the east of the republic. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
urban locality (a
work settlement) of
Chamzinka.
[Law #7-Z] As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 31,639, with the population of Chamzinka accounting for 29.9% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Chamzinsky District is one of the
twenty-two in the republic.
It is divided into two
work settlements (administrative divisions with the
administrative center
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s in the
work settlements (inhabited localities) of
Chamzinka and
Komsomolsky) and twelve
selsoviet
Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selsovet; uk, сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council and for the area governed by such a cou ...
s, all of which comprise fifty-one
rural localities.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Chamzinsky Municipal District.
Chamzinka and Komsomolsky Work Settlements are incorporated into two urban settlements, and the twelve selsoviets are incorporated into twelve rural settlements within the municipal district.
The work settlement of Chamzinka serves as the administrative center of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
Notable residents
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Maksim Budnikov (born 1983 in Chamzinska), footballer
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Sergius (Chashin)
Metropolitan and Exarch Sergius of Singapore and South-East Asia (russian: Митрополит Сергий, secular name Nikolay Nikolayevich Chashin, russian: Николай Николаевич Чашин; born June 19, 1974, Komsomolsky, Mord ...
(born 1974 in
Komsomolsky), Russian Orthodox bishop
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