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Kuznetsky District (Russian: Кузне́цкий райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,090 square kilometers (810 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kuznetsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 38,056 (2010 Census); 41,712 (2002 Census); 41,597 (1989 Census).
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Map of Kuznetsky District, Penza Oblast, Russia
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kuznetsky District is one of the twenty-seven in the oblast. The town of Kuznetsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kuznetsky Municipal District. The town of oblast significance of Kuznetsk is incorporated separately from the district as Kuznetsk Urban Okrug.