Safonovsky District (russian: Сафо́новский райо́н) is an administrative
[Resolution #261] and municipal
[Law #134-z] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-five
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in
Smolensk Oblast
Smolensk Oblast (russian: Смоле́нская о́бласть, ''Smolenskaya oblast''; informal name — ''Smolenschina'' (russian: Смоле́нщина)) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative centre is the city of ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the northern central part of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Safonovo Safonovo (russian: Сафоново) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
;Urban localities
* Safonovo, Safonovsky District, Smolensk Oblast, a town in Safonovsky District of Smolensk Oblast; administratively incorporated as Safo ...
.
Population: 61,572 (
2010 Census);
[At the time of the 1989 Census, the town of Safonovo, with the population of 56,571, was incorporated separately from the district.] The population of Safonovo accounts for 74.9% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Smolensk Oblast