Muchkapsky District (russian: Мучка́пский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #72-Z] and municipal
[Law #232-Z] district (
raion
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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.
Geo ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the southeast of the
oblast
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. The district borders with
Inzhanovsky District in the north,
Romanovsky District
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*Romanovsky District, Altai Krai, an administrative and municipal district of Altai Krai
* Romanovsky District, Saratov Oblast, an administrative and mu ...
of
Saratov Oblast
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in the east,
Gribanovsky District
Gribanovsky District (russian: Гриба́новский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #87-OZ and municipalLaw #88-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-two in Voronezh Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The a ...
of
Voronezh Oblast
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Geography
V ...
in the south, and with
Uvarovsky District in the west. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
urban locality (a
work settlement) of
Muchkapsky.
Population: 15,177 (
2010 Census);
The population of the administrative center accounts for 46.6% of the district's total population.
Notable residents
*
Tamara Frolova (born 1959), politician
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of Tambov Oblast