Kurkinsky District

Kurkinsky District  (Ку́ркинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tula Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kurkinsky Municipal District. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 949.25 km2. Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Kurkino. Population: 10,830 (2010 Census); The population of Kurkino accounts for 50.0% of the district's total population.