Kimovsky District (russian: Ки́мовский райо́н) is an administrative district (

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), one of the twenty-three in

Tula Oblast Tula Oblast (russian: Ту́льская о́бласть, ''Tulskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an Oblasts of Russia, oblast) of Russia. It is geographically in the European Russia region of the country and is p ...

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.Law #954-ZTO As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kimovsky Municipal District.Law #547-ZTO It is located in the east of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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Kimovsk Kimovsk (russian: Ки́мовск) is a town and the administrative center of Kimovsky District in Tula Oblast, Russia, located at the watershed of the Don and Volga Rivers, southeast of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: ...

. Population: 42,853 ( 2010 Census); The population of Kimovsk accounts for 66.5% of the district's total population.

Geography

Kimovsky District is located in the east of Tula Oblast, bordering Ryazan Oblast to the east. It is on hilly terrain in the central

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. The upper reaches of the

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run along the Kimovsky's western border (the headwaters of the Don are immediately to the northwest). The district is 77 km east of the city of

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, and about 200 km south of

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. The elevation ranges from 100 meters in the river valleys to 234 meters in the heights. The area is in the transition zone between the steppe vegetation and climate to the south, and the forest-steppe vegetation to the north; 4% of the district is forested. The area measures 45 km (north-south), and 20 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Kimovsk. The district is bordered on the north by

Novomoskovsky District Novomoskovsky District (russian: Новомоско́вский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.Law #954-ZTO Within the framework of municipal divisions, it is incorporated as N ...

, on the east by

Mikhaylovsky District Mikhaylovsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. The name is generally derived from or is related to the male first name Mikhail. Districts of the federal subjects * Mikhaylovsky District, Altai Kr ...

(Ryazan Oblast) and

Skopinsky District Skopinsky District (russian: Скопи́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #128-ZS and municipalLaw #76-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of t ...

(Ryazan Oblast), on the south by

Kurkinsky District Kurkinsky District (russian: Ку́ркинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.Law #954-ZTO As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kurkinsky Municipal District.Law ...

and

Uzlovsky District Uzlovsky District (russian: Узло́вский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.Law #954-ZTO Within the framework of municipal divisions, it is incorporated as Uzlovsky Municip ...

, and on the west by

Bogoroditsky District Bogoroditsky District (russian: Богоро́дицкий райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.Law #954-ZTO As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Bogoroditsky Municipal Dis ...

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Kimovsky District on Google MapsKimovsky District on OpenStreetMap
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