Tambovsky District (russian: Тамбо́вский 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.
Ge ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the center of the
oblast
An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdo ...
. The district borders with
Sosnovsky District
Sosnovsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. The name is generally derived from or is related to the root "''sosna''" ("pine").
Districts
* Sosnovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, an administrativ ...
in the north,
Rasskazovsky District in the east,
Znamensky District in the south, and with
Nikiforovsky District
Nikiforovsky District (russian: Ники́форовский 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 west and northwest of the ob ...
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
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
of
Tambov
Tambov (, ; rus, Тамбов, p=tɐmˈbof) is a city and the administrative center of Tambov Oblast, central Russia, at the confluence of the Tsna and Studenets Rivers, about south-southeast of Moscow. Population: 280,161 ( 2010 Census); 29 ...
(which is not administratively a part of the district).
Population: 102,786 (
2010 Census);
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Tambovsky District is one of the
twenty-three in the oblast.
The city of
Tambov
Tambov (, ; rus, Тамбов, p=tɐmˈbof) is a city and the administrative center of Tambov Oblast, central Russia, at the confluence of the Tsna and Studenets Rivers, about south-southeast of Moscow. Population: 280,161 ( 2010 Census); 29 ...
serves as 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 ...
, despite being incorporated separately as a
city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tambovsky Municipal District.
The city of oblast significance of Tambov is incorporated separately from the district as Tambov Urban Okrug.
References
Sources
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Districts of Tambov Oblast
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