Pochinkovsky District, Smolensk Oblast
Pochinkovsky District
Починковский район (Russian) | |
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Memorial to Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Pochinok, Pochinkovsky District | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Pochinkovsky District in Smolensk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 54°24′N 32°27′E / 54.400°N 32.450°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Smolensk Oblast |
| Established | 1 October 1929 |
| Administrative center | Pochinok |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,380.75 km2 (919.21 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 30,959 |
| • Density | 13.004/km2 (33.680/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 28.3% |
| • Rural | 71.7% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban settlements, 16 Rural settlements |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 228 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Pochinkovsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 66633000 |
| Website | http://pochinok.admin-smolensk.ru/ |
Pochinkovsky District (Russian: Починковский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of the oblast and borders with Kardymovsky District in the north, Glinkovsky District in the northeast, Yelninsky District in the east, Roslavlsky District in the southeast, Shumyachsky District in the south, Khislavichsky District in the southwest, Monastyrshchinsky District in the west, and with Smolensky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 2,380.75 square kilometers (919.21 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Pochinok. Population: 30,959 (2010 Census); 37,537 (2002 census); 44,162 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Pochinok accounts for 28.3% of the district's total population.