Ruzayevsky District
| Ruzayevsky District Рузаевский район (Russian) Орозаень район (Moksha) Рузайбуе (Erzya) |
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 Location of Ruzayevsky District in the Republic of Mordovia |
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| Coordinates: 54°04′N 44°57′E / 54.067°N 44.950°ECoordinates: 54°04′N 44°57′E / 54.067°N 44.950°E | |
 Landscape in Ruzayevsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Mordovia |
| Administrative structure (as of June 2015) | |
| Administrative center | town of Ruzayevka |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| Selsoviets | 20 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Rural localities | 63 |
| Municipal structure (as of June 2010) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Ruzayevsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 1 |
| Rural settlements | 20 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,089.5 km2 (420.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 18,859 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Density | 17.31/km2 (44.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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| 2010 Census | 18,859 |
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| 2002 Census | 19,091 |
| 1989 Census | 21,591 |
| 1979 Census | 25,754 |
Ruzayevsky District (Russian: Руза́евский райо́н; Moksha: Орозаень район; Erzya: Рузайбуе) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-two in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. It is located in the southern and central parts of the republic and borders with Staroshaygovsky and Lyambirsky Districts in the north, the territory of the city of republic significance of Saransk and Kochkurovsky District in the east, Penza Oblast in the south, and with Kadoshkinsky and Insarsky Districts in the west. The area of the district is 1,089.5 square kilometers (420.7 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Ruzayevka (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 18,859.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ruzayevsky District is one of the twenty-two in the republic. The district is divided into twenty selsoviets which comprise sixty-three rural localities. The town of Ruzayevka 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.
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