Kovylkinsky District
| Kovylkinsky District Ковылкинский район (Russian) Лашмонь район (Moksha) Ковёлбуе (Erzya) |
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 Location of Kovylkinsky District in the Republic of Mordovia |
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| Coordinates: 54°02′N 43°55′E / 54.033°N 43.917°ECoordinates: 54°02′N 43°55′E / 54.033°N 43.917°E | |
 Monument to Unknown Soldier, Kovylkinsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Mordovia |
| Administrative structure (as of June 2015) | |
| Administrative center | town of Kovylkino |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| Selsoviets | 21 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Rural localities | 106 |
| Municipal structure (as of March 2010) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Kovylkinsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 1 |
| Rural settlements | 21 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,015.7 km2 (778.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 22,523 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Density | 11.17/km2 (28.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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| 2010 Census | 22,523 |
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| 2002 Census | 25,488 |
| 1989 Census | 33,488 |
| 1979 Census | 47,727 |
Kovylkinsky District (Russian: Ковы́лкинский райо́н; Moksha: Лашмонь район; Erzya: Ковёлбуе) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-two in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 2,015.7 square kilometers (778.3 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kovylkino (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 22,523.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kovylkinsky District is one of the twenty-two in the republic. The district is divided into 21 selsoviets which comprise 106 rural localities. The town of Kovylkino serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kovylkinsky Municipal District, with the town of republic significance of Kovylkino being incorporated within it as Kovylkino Urban Settlement. Its twenty-one selsoviets are incorporated as twenty-one rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Kovylkino serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.
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