Dubyonsky District (; , ''Tumobuje''; , ''Dubönkań ajmak'') is an administrative
[Constitution of the Republic of Mordovia, Article 63] and municipal
[Law #118-Z] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-two in the
Republic of Mordovia
Mordovia ( ),; Moksha and officially the Republic of Mordovia,; ; is a republic of Russia, situated in Eastern Europe. Its capital is the city of Saransk. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the republic was 834,755. Ethnic Russians ( ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the east of the republic. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') of
Dubyonki.
[Law #7-Z] As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 13,851, with the population of Dubyonki accounting for 24.0 % of that number.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Dubyonsky District is one of the
twenty-two in the republic.
The district is divided into sixteen
selsoviet
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*The administration (''soviet (council), soviet'') of a certain rural area.
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s which comprise twenty-nine
rural localities.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Dubyonsky Municipal District.
Its sixteen selsoviets are incorporated into sixteen rural settlements within the municipal district.
The ''
selo'' of
Dubyonki serves as the
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
Notable people
*
Evgeny Vladimirovich Chetvergov (born 1934), Erzya writer
References
Notes
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Districts of Mordovia
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