Ardatovsky District (Russian: Арда́товский райо́н; Erzya: ОрданьбуеOrdańbuje; Moksha: Ардатовань аймак, Ardatovań ajmak) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the twenty-two in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 1,192.5 square kilometers (460.4 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Ardatov.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 29,446, with the population of Ardatov accounting for 31.9% of that number.[4]
^ abConstitution of the Republic of Mordovia, Article 63
^The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
^Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.