Tengushevsky District
| Tengushevsky District Теньгушевский район (Russian) Теньгжелень аймак (Moksha) Теньгушбуе (Erzya) |
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 Location of Tengushevsky District in the Republic of Mordovia |
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| Coordinates: 54°46′N 42°43′E / 54.767°N 42.717°ECoordinates: 54°46′N 42°43′E / 54.767°N 42.717°E | |
 Lake Shelubey, a protected area of Russia, is located in Tengushevsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Mordovia |
| Administrative structure (as of June 2015) | |
| Administrative center | selo of Tengushevo |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| Selsoviets | 10 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Rural localities | 40 |
| Municipal structure (as of June 2014) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Tengushevsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 0 |
| Rural settlements | 10 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 845.94 km2 (326.62 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 12,340 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Density | 14.59/km2 (37.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Official website | |
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| 2010 Census | 12,340 |
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| 2002 Census | 14,286 |
| 1989 Census | 15,897 |
| 1979 Census | 17,990 |
Tengushevsky District (Russian: Теньгу́шевский райо́н; Moksha: Теньгжелень аймак; Erzya: Теньгушбуе) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-two in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the republic. The area of the district is 845.94 square kilometers (326.62 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Tengushevo. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 12,340, with the population of Tengushevo accounting for 34.3% of that number.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tengushevsky District is one of the twenty-two in the republic. The district is divided into ten selsoviets which comprise forty rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tengushevsky Municipal District. Its ten selsoviets are incorporated into ten rural settlements within the municipal district. The selo of Tengushevo serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.
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