Romodanovsky District (russian: Ромода́новский райо́н; myv, Рамаданбуе, ''Ramadanbuje''; mdf, Ромодановань аймак, ''Romodanovań ajmak'') is an administrative
[Constitution of the Republic of Mordovia, Article 63] and municipal
[Law #99-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 eastern central part of the republic. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
rural locality
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(a settlement) of
Romodanovo.
[Law #7-Z] As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 20,702, with the population of Romodanovo accounting for 45.5% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Romodanovsky District is one of the
twenty-two in the republic.
The district is divided into seventeen
selsoviets which comprise forty-nine
rural localities.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Romodanovsky Municipal District.
Its seventeen selsoviets are incorporated into seventeen rural settlements within the municipal district.
The settlement of
Romodanovo serves as the
administrative center
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
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