Administrative center town of Skopin Rural okrugs 27 Area 1,720 km² | Work settlements 2 Urban-type settlements 2 | |
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Skopinsky District (Russian: Скопи́нский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-five in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,736 square kilometers (670 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Skopin (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 27,080 (2010 Census); 31,142 (2002 Census); 40,965 (1989 Census).
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Map of Skopinsky District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Skopinsky District is one of the twenty-five in the oblast. The town of Skopin 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 Skopinsky Municipal District. The town of oblast significance of Skopin is incorporated separately from the district as Skopin Urban Okrug.