Yasnogorsky District (russian: Ясного́рский райо́н) is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-three in
Tula Oblast
Tula Oblast (russian: Ту́льская о́бласть, ''Tulskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an Oblasts of Russia, oblast) of Russia. It is geographically in the European Russia region of the country and is p ...
,
Russia
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.
[Law #954-ZTO] Within the
framework of municipal divisions, it is incorporated as Yasnogorsky Municipal District.
[Law #539-ZTO] It is located in the north 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
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of
Yasnogorsk Yasnogorsk (russian: Ясногорск) is the name of several urban localities in Russia:
* Yasnogorsk, Tula Oblast, a town in Yasnogorsky District of Tula Oblast; administratively incorporated as a town under district jurisdiction
* Yasnogorsk ...
.
Population: 31,152 (
2010 Census);
The population of Yasnogorsk accounts for 53.9% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Tula Oblast