Work settlements 1 Urban-type settlements 1 | Federal subject Republic of Mordovia Selsoviets 15 Area 1,125 km² | |
Administrative center work settlement of Torbeyevo | ||
Torbeyevsky District (Russian: Торбе́евский райо́н; Moksha: Тарбеень аймак; Erzya: Торбейбуе) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-two in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the republic. The area of the district is 1,128.92 square kilometers (435.88 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Torbeyevo. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 21,479, with the population of Torbeyevo accounting for 43.6% of that number.
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Map of Torbeyevsky District, Mordovia, Russia
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Torbeyevsky District is one of the twenty-two in the republic. It is divided into one work settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the work settlement (inhabited locality) of Torbeyevo), and fifteen selsoviets, all of which comprise fifty-three rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Torbeyevsky Municipal District. Torbeyevo Work Settlement is incorporated into an urban settlement, and the fifteen selsoviets are incorporated into fifteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The work settlement of Torbeyevo serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.