Nikiforovsky District
| Nikiforovsky District Никифоровский район (Russian) |
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 Location of Nikiforovsky District in Tambov Oblast |
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| Coordinates: 52°53′04″N 40°47′22″E / 52.88444°N 40.78944°ECoordinates: 52°53′04″N 40°47′22″E / 52.88444°N 40.78944°E | |
 Entrance to Nikiforovsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Tambov Oblast |
| Administrative structure (as of April 2012) | |
| Administrative center | work settlement of Dmitriyevka |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| Settlement councils | 1 |
| Selsoviets | 5 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Urban-type settlements | 1 |
| Rural localities | 56 |
| Municipal structure (as of April 2012) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Nikiforovsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 1 |
| Rural settlements | 5 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,191.4 km2 (460.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 20,066 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 42.0% |
| • Rural | 58.0% |
| Density | 16.84/km2 (43.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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Nikiforovsky District (Russian: Ники́форовский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west and northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,191.4 square kilometers (460.0 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Dmitriyevka. Population: 20,066 (2010 Census);22,970 (2002 Census);26,181 (1989 Census). The population of the administrative center accounts for 42.0% of the district's total population.
Nikiforovsky District is in the north-central region of Tambov Oblast, about 40 km west of the city of Tambov, and 15 km east of Michurinsk. The Bolshoy Voronezh River runs from north-to-south through the district. The river is a tributary of the Voronezh River, and part of the Don River basin. The terrain is flat with draws and ravines, with steppe and forest-steppe vegetation. The black soil of the district supports agriculture, and there are deposits of limestone and other minerals in the area.
The district is elongated in shape, measuring about 110 km north-south and 25 km west-east. The administrative center of the district is the city of Demitriyevka. The Lipetsk-Tambov highway runs across the middle of the district, as does the Moscow-Volgograd (E119) highway. Subdivisions of the district include one urban and 5 rural settlements. In the east-center of the district is the Ozero Yaroslavlskoye, a large reservoir.
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