Leninogorsky District

Leninogorsky District Лениногорский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Tatar	Лениногорск районы
Hill "Mir", Leninogorsky District
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Location of Leninogorsky District in the Republic of Tatarstan
Coordinates: 54°35′38″N 52°18′10″E / 54.59389°N 52.30278°E / 54.59389; 52.30278
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Tatarstan<
Administrative center	Leninogorsk
Area
• Total	1,843.20 km2 (711.66 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[1]
• Total	22,700
• Density	12/km2 (32/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Inhabited localities	66 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Leninogorsky Municipal District
• Municipal divisions	1 urban settlements, 24 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [2])
OKTMO ID	92636000
Website	http://leninogorsk.tatarstan.ru/

Leninogorsky District (Russian: Лениного́рский райо́н; Tatar: Лениногорск районы) is a territorial administrative unit and municipality of the Republic of Tatarstan within the Russian Federation. The district is located in the southeast of the republic and encompasses an area of 1843.2 square kilometers (about 711.6 sq mi). According to the 2010 census, the municipality had a population of 22,700 people. The main city Leninogorsk is not included within the administrative structure of the district.^[3]

The settlement of Pismyanka on the site of modern Leninogorsk arose in 1795. In the 19th century, the Novopismyanskaya volost was part of the Bugulminsky county (uyezd) of the Orenburg province, and then subsequently became a part the Samara province. In August 1955, the settlement of Pismyanka which was then part of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, was redesignated as a city and named Leninogorsk in honor of the revolutionary Vladimir Lenin. The Novopismyansky district was renamed to Leninogorsky in concert with these developments.^[3]