Kochkurovsky District (russian: Кочку́ровский райо́н; myv, Кочкурбуе, ''Kočkurbuje''; mdf, Кочкуровань аймак, ''Kočkurovań ajmak'') is an administrative
[Constitution of the Republic of Mordovia, Article 63] and municipal
[Law #121-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 south of the republic. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') of
Kochkurovo.
[Law #7-Z] As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 10,794, with the population of Kochkurovo accounting for 29.6 % of that number.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Kochkurovsky District is one of the
twenty-two in the republic.
The district is divided into eleven
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 which comprise thirty-nine
rural localities.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kochkurovsky Municipal District.
Its eleven selsoviets are incorporated into eleven rural settlements within the municipal district.
The ''
selo'' of
Kochkurovo serves as the
administrative center
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of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
Notable residents
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Olga Kaniskina
Olga Nikolayevna Kaniskina (russian: О́льга Никола́евна Кани́ськина; born January 19, 1985 in Napolnaya Tavla, Kochkurovsky District, Mordovian ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian coach and former race ...
(born 1985 in Napolnaya Tavla), coach and former race walker
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