Muchkapsky District
# Muchkapsky District

Muchkapsky District (Russian: Мучка́пский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The district borders with Inzhanovsky District in the north, Romanovsky District of Saratov Oblast in the east, Gribanovsky District of Voronezh Oblast in the south, and with Uvarovsky District in the west. The area of the district is 1,181 square kilometers (456 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Muchkapsky. Population: 15,177 (2010 Census); 18,257 (2002 Census); 20,746 (1989 Census). The population of the administrative center accounts for 46.6% of the district's total population.

## Notable residents

* Tamara Frolova (born 1959), politician
