Ryazansky District, Ryazan Oblast

Ryazansky District Рязанский район (Russian)
Location of Ryazansky District in Ryazan Oblast
Coordinates: 54°36′N 39°42′E / 54.600°N 39.700°E / 54.600; 39.700Coordinates: 54°36′N 39°42′E / 54.600°N 39.700°E / 54.600; 39.700
Panorama Lake, Ryazansky District
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Location
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Ryazan Oblast
Administrative structure (as of 2011)
Administrative center	city of Ryazan
Administrative divisions:
rural okrug	35
Inhabited localities:
Rural localities	178
Municipal structure (as of April 2008)
Municipally incorporated as	Ryazansky Municipal District
Municipal divisions:
Urban settlements	0
Rural settlements	21
Statistics
Area	2,170 km2 (840 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census)	56,869 inhabitants
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Density	26.21/km2 (67.9/sq mi)
Time zone	MSK (UTC+03:00)
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Ryazansky District (Russian: Ряза́нский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,170 square kilometers (840 sq mi). Its administrative center is the city of Ryazan (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 56,869 (2010 Census);56,836 (2002 Census);74,721 (1989 Census).

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ryazansky District is one of the twenty-five in the oblast. The city of Ryazan serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ryazansky Municipal District. The city of oblast significance of Ryazan is incorporated separately from the district as Ryazan Urban Okrug.

The Solotchinskoye peat narrow gauge railway serves a peat factory which became operational in 2010.

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