Tyomkinsky District (russian: Тёмкинский райо́н) is an administrative
[Resolution #261] and municipal
[Law #78-z] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-five
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in
Smolensk Oblast,
Russia
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. It is located in the northeast of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
rural locality (a ''
selo'') of
Tyomkino.
Population: 6,348 (
2010 Census);
The population of the administrative center accounts for 38.0% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Smolensk Oblast