Sampursky District (russian: Са́мпурский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #72-Z] and municipal
[Law #232-Z] district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
), 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 ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the south of the
oblast
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. The district borders with
Rasskazovsky District in the north,
Rzhaksinsky District
Rzhaksinsky District (russian: Ржаксинский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #72-Z and municipalLaw #232-Z district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The district b ...
in the east,
Zherdevsky District
Zherdevsky District (russian: Же́рдевский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #72-Z and municipalLaw #232-Z district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the south of the oblast. The district bo ...
in the south, and with
Znamensky District in the west. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
rural locality
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...
(a settlement) of
Satinka.
Population: 14,204 (
2010 Census);
The population of Satinka accounts for 25.1% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Tambov Oblast