Chaplyginsky District

Chaplyginsky District (Чаплы́гинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the eighteen in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 1520 km2. Its administrative center is the town of Chaplygin. Population: 36,069 (2002 Census);  The population of Chaplygin accounts for 37.9% of the district's total population.