Morshansky District (Russian: Морша́нский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-three in Tambov Oblast, Russia.
It is located in the north of the oblast and borders Shatsky District of Ryazan Oblast in the north, Zemetchinsky District of Penza Oblast in the east, Pichayevsky District in the south, and Sarayevsky District of Ryazan Oblast in the west.
The area of the district is 2,880 square kilometers (1,110 sq mi).
[3] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Morshansky District is one of the twenty-three in the oblast.
[1] The town of Morshansk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.