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Administratively subordinated to town of republic significance of Kovylkino Municipal district Kovylkinsky Municipal District Urban settlement Kovylkino Urban Settlement Weather 0°C, Wind SE at 11 km/h, 92% Humidity | ||
Kovylkino (Russian: Ковы́лкино; Moksha: Лашма) is a town in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, located 116 kilometers (72 mi) southwest of Saransk on the left bank of the Moksha River (a tributary of the Oka). Population: 21,307 (2010 Census); 21,873 (2002 Census); 21,615 (1989 Census).
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Map of Kovylkino, Mordovia, Russia, 442636
History
Town status was granted to it in 1960.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kovylkino serves as the administrative center of Kovylkinsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is, together with the settlement of Sosnovy Bor, incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Kovylkino—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Kovylkino is incorporated within Kovylkinsky Municipal District as Kovylkino Urban Settlement.