Kimovsky District Explained

En Name:Kimovsky District
Ru Name:Кимовский район
Image View:Novolvovsk 04.JPG
Image Coa:Coat of Arms of Kimovsk rayon (Tula oblast).png
Federal Subject:Tula Oblast
Adm Data As Of:April 2013
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Kimovsk
Town Of District Significance Type:Towns under district jurisdiction
No Of Towns Of District Significance:1
Selsoviet Type1:Rural okrugs
No Of Selsoviets Type1:19
No Of Cities Towns:1
No Of Rural Localities:150
Mun Data As Of:April 2013
Mun Formation1:Kimovsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:1
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:2
Area Km2:1112
Pop 2010Census:42853
Urban Pop 2010Census:75.7%
Rural Pop 2010Census:24.3%
Website:http://www.admkimovsk.ru/
Commonscat:Kimovsky District
Date:March 2013

Kimovsky District (Russian: Ки́мовский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia.[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kimovsky Municipal District.[2] It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the district is 1112km2.[3] Its administrative center is the town of Kimovsk. Population: 42,853 (2010 Census); The population of Kimovsk accounts for 66.5% of the district's total population.

Geography

Kimovsky District is located in the east of Tula Oblast, bordering Ryazan Oblast to the east. It is on hilly terrain in the central Russian Plain. The upper reaches of the Don River (Russia) run along the Kimovsky's western border (the headwaters of the Don are immediately to the northwest). The district is 77 km east of the city of Tula, and about 200 km south of Moscow. The elevation ranges from 100 meters in the river valleys to 234 meters in the heights. The area is in the transition zone between the steppe vegetation and climate to the south, and the forest-steppe vegetation to the north; 4% of the district is forested. The area measures 45 km (north-south), and 20 km (west-east). The administrative center is the town of Kimovsk.

The district is bordered on the north by Novomoskovsky District, on the east by Mikhaylovsky District (Ryazan Oblast) and Skopinsky District (Ryazan Oblast), on the south by Kurkinsky District and Uzlovsky District, and on the west by Bogoroditsky District.

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53.9667°N 38.5333°W

Notes and References

  1. Law #954-ZTO
  2. Law #547-ZTO
  3. Web site: General Information. Kimovsky District. russian. November 27, 2016.