Morshansky District (russian: Морша́нский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #72-Z and municipalLaw #232-Z district (

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), one of the twenty-three in

Tambov Oblast Tambov Oblast (russian: Тамбо́вская о́бласть, ''Tambovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tambov. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,091,994. Ge ...

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. It is located in the north of the

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and borders

Shatsky District Shatsky District (russian: Ша́цкий райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #128-ZS and municipalLaw #101-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the dis ...

Ryazan Oblast Ryazan Oblast ( rus, Рязанская область, r=Ryazanskaya oblast, p=rʲɪˈzanskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Ryazan, which is the oblast's largest city. Geo ...

in the north, Zemetchinsky District of

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. Geogra ...

in the east, Pichayevsky District in the south, and

Sarayevsky District Sarayevsky District (russian: Сара́евский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #128-ZS and municipalLaw #94-OZ district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the ...

of Ryazan Oblast in the west. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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Morshansk Morshansk (russian: Морша́нск) is a town in Tambov Oblast, Russia, located on the Tsna River (Oka's basin) north of Tambov. Population: 44,000 (1970). History The exact origins of Morshansk are unknown; however, documents mention ...

(which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 34,088.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Morshansky District is one of the twenty-three in the oblast. The town of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Morshansky Municipal District. The town of oblast significance of Morshansk is incorporated separately from the district as Morshansk Urban Okrug.

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