Kochkurovsky District (Russian: Кочку́ровский райо́н; Erzya: Кочкурбуе, Kočkurbuje; Moksha: Кочкуровань аймак, Kočkurovań ajmak) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-two in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 816.46 square kilometers (315.24 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kochkurovo.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 10,794, with the population of Kochkurovo accounting for 29.6 % of that number.[4]
^ abConstitution of the Republic of Mordovia, Article 63
^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.